For more information AWoods place are for great all seasons places to unwind and enjoy at any time of year. What will you find if you go down to the Tel: 0300 067 6600 woods today? E-mail: [email protected]

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown In summer, see how many different copyright and database rights [2020] wild flowers grow along your route. Try finding a sunny spot and gazing up through the leaves to the sky. Use #FoundMyForest on your pictures and videos, and we’ll share them on social media.

Autumn brings drifts of red and gold leaves to rustle through and a soft, rich perfume to the air. There may be fungi to find, the mysterious fruits of hidden networks underground. Visitor Planning, Forestry and Land -1K/JTCP/March 2020 /Edition 1. and Land Scotland-1K/JTCP/March & Visitor Planning, Forestry Design by Designed and Land Scotland unless otherwise stated. © Forestry Photography James Carter. written by Text

Find out more: forestryandland.gov.scot Woods are wonderful in winter too. The trees give shelter from the wind, and the branches make intricate For information on public transport services contact: patterns against the sky. Traveline Scotland, 0871 2002233 or www.travelinescotland.com © Crown Copyright 2020

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A steep climb from the wee village of Green havens with places to play, Howwood takes you to an open hillside with some of the best views walk the dog or just enjoy the peace A726 To Erskine in Renfrewshire. and quiet. These attractive patches of woodland are easy to get to from 0 0.25km See if you can spot the intriguing folly on Renfrewshire’s busy towns. Kenmure Hill down in the valley, and Ben Lomond or the Arrochar Alps on the horizon. 1 Boden Boo If you’re lucky, you might see a hare Walk with company bounding through the grass. Up in the sky, If you like the idea of a walk in the woods but don’t planes flying in and out of A green treasure tucked below the make a dramatic sight. know where to start, try a session with a local , this popular spot has walking group. There are quite a few of them, and many different paths to explore. There’s they often get together for a cup of tea or coffee even a little beach by the river. It’s easy after the walk if you like. to find a favourite spot that feels like it’s just for you. For more information about walking groups in Renfrewshire, visit: The woodland is full of magnificent old beech To www.whatsonrenfrewshire.co.uk/activities/walking/ and oak trees. Huge, moss covered stumps are clues that the woods have been here for hundreds of years. It feels like a place where fairy stories might come true.

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Close to the small car park on Auchenlodment Road, you’ll find some 3 Rannoch Wood wonderful gnarled oak trees among mossy boulders. This wood was once part of the estate that belonged to Johnstone Castle – Now they’ve got new neighbours: hundreds you can still see some of the old estate of saplings have been planted on the hillside railings along Tower Road. We’ve recently leading to the Gleniffer Braes. Just beyond cleared the undergrowth here, leaving an the southern end of the site you can find open woodland of tall beech trees and the Brandyburn waterfall, where the burn silvery birch. Children from plunges down the rocky slope. Auchenlodment Primary While he was staying at Johnstone Castle, School are lucky to have the famous Polish composer Chopin the woods as an outdoor complained that his hosts were annoying and the weather was bad. Perhaps he would have classroom. They’ve felt better for a stroll through the trees! helped to plant new trees and put up nesting boxes for the birds.