Car park

 

Ample parking is provided along with a large picnic area containing a collection of sculptural benches designed by Fred Baier.

How to get there:

Car park is in Cowleaze. Stokenchurch is the nearest town or village.

Cowleaze Wood is approximately three miles west of Stokenchurch on the Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire border. Though on a minor road, it can easily be found by turning off the A40 at the television mast and following signs for Christmas Common and the Chiltern Sculpture Trail.

OS Grid Reference: SU 726 957

Facilities:

	Ice creams are often available at the weekends and during the school holidays.

Activities

	Visits from schools, colleges and interested groups are welcomed. Tours, talks and workshops can be arranged. Contact the Chiltern Sculpture trust on 01865 778 918 or chilt.sculp@virgin.net for more information.
	The conservation value of this wood is low, due to its uneven age structure of trees and large numbers of visitors and their dogs. Red Kites are common in the surrounding area but have not yet nested in Cowleaze. Fallow, Roe and Muntjac can be seen roaming through although they are not resident. The wood covers 29 hectares and contains both conifer and broadleaf trees, all planted between 1957 and 1966. The most abundant tree species are European Larch, Oak and Beech. The three types of larch are found within this wood (European, Japanese and Hybrid).
	Fine views across the valley can be seen from the far end of Cowleaze.

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