Thrunton Wood Car Park

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The car park in Thrunton Wood offers a delightful picnic area, an information point (unmanned) and the starting point for three colour coded waymarked walks. The walks are of varying length and difficulty and provide walkers with a chance to get right into the wood and explore.

How to get there:

Thrunton Wood Car Park is in Thrunton which is part of Rothbury.

Follow Brown Tourist Information signs off the A697, just north of the intersection with the B6341 Rothbury to Alnwick road.

Thrunton and Rothbury are the nearest towns or villages.

OS Grid Reference: NU 085 097
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

User Comments

5 Stars
I have walked and cycled at thrunton woods and was wondering if you can camp there.

terence brown, 22/Mar/2012

3 Stars
We did the Castle Hill Walk (orange markers) in Feb 2012 and what a nice walk it was! It's marked as being a "Strenuous" walk, but we strugged to see what was so strenuous about it. Unless it refers to the steep(ish) climb about 3/4 of the way into it. Even though it's 4.75 miles, it didn't seem that long to complete either. Next time it's going to be the 10 mile Four Crags walk (when it's open!)

Dave, 21/Feb/2012

4 Stars
Spent a lovely day there, arrived at 1100 and left at 1500 and didn't see a single person once we left the car park. Views castle hill and thrunton crags are amazing. As mentioned litter/poo bags in car park are unsightly but don't let spoil the trip.

Orric, 13/May/2011

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