Coatham Wood

5 Stars

I am a 1 year old Border Terrier and i look forward every week to Coatham. I walk alot but love this walk the most, We walk all the way around the fence which takes us 1.5 hours and although in the wet weather it is very muddy i get a nice warm bath when i get home. ITS ACE :-)

1 Star

We visited the woods for the first time today 29th January 2012 with our two dogs. We parked at the Elton/Yarm end looking forward to the walk in the forest only to be sickened by the site as we began to walk up the muddy path. It was littered with dog poo, pile after pile it carried on for as long as we walked (which was only about five minutes). We find the concept of leaving or flicking your dogs poo instead of picking up and disposing in a bin, both lazy and disgusting. This scene as you can imagine mixed with the muddy trail meant we could not take our eyes from the ground incase we trod in it which was easy to do !! We did not go any further and left for somewhere where people were not encouraged to Flick or leave their poo !! We cannot understand the Forestry Commission allowing this in such what we would if had managed to get there would be a lovely Forest Walk. Very disgusted.

5 Stars

Fantastic place take the dog there all the time. Wish there were more places like this As for the dog waste I like the flick it option signs so that i dont need to worry about carrying a smelly bag around with me Would recommend this place to other dog walkers and walkers alike