County Council Countryside Service The nearest Tourist Information Centre is: Public Transport Information to Forest of Discovery Walk: Fact File Load Street, Bewdley DY12 2AE For information about the best Star t/ Finish: Dog Lane car park, Bewdley G.R. SO785755 Telephone 01299 404740 public transport options for you Or Wyre, Callow Hill car park. G.R. SO751740. E-mail: [email protected] please call: Length: 3 miles each way Bewdley to Web: www.wyreforestdc.gov.uk/tourism Traveline Tel. 0871 200 22 33 NATIONAL RAIL ENQUIRIES Parking: Parking is available at Bewdley Dog Lane car park and Wyre, Callow Hill car park, (parking charges apply at Tel. 08457 484950 each location) or use bus service 292. For local timetable Forest of n information call traveline 0871 200 22 33. o or visit: www.worcestershire.gov.u k/ transport i

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i section including steps, quiet lanes and The Countryside Code woodland walking, and a short section of Safe Walking road walking. Forest of Discovery Waymarking: Simply follow the ‘Wyre & butterfly’ logo and directional arrows and Out & About Be safe - plan ahead and follow any signs. you won’t get lost. Leave gates and property Arley Arboretum and Gardens as you find them. Arley Arboretum is one of the oldest Arboretums in Great Britain. Tucked away in the beautiful Protect plants and animals, countryside of the Worcestershire and and take your litter home. A442 borders near Bewdley, it boasts more than 300 River N species of tree in formal and informal plantings and Trimpley Keep dogs under close control. Severn gardens. 01299 861368 www.arley-arboretum.org.uk Consider other people. B4194 Railway Wyre Keep children away from the water’s edge. A456 This 16 mile, full size steam railway line links Forest in Worcestershire to Always wear suitable clothing. Kidderminster in Shropshire. Meandering along the route of A456 Bewdley the , visitors to this railway line Please ensure you park considerately. experience a unique outlook of the Wyre landscape. Tel. 01299 403816 www.svr.co.uk

Bewdley Three miles west of Kidderminster lies Bewdley, a beautiful small Georgian town built on the banks of the River Severn. Bewdley is a popular tourist A 3 mile Linear destination with something to offer everyone. Walking For more detail on what’s on in Bewdley, contact Bewdley Tourist Information Office 01299 404740. for Health Waymarked Walk Just 30 minutes a day of This document can be made available in The Guild of St George The Upper Arley Circular Walk brisk walking, on a regular other languages and alternative formats (large print, audio tape, A 4 mile circular walk taking in tranquil riverside computer disk and Braille) on request from the Worcestershire Hub walking, cooling tracks through , basis, can have a positive on telephone number 01905 765765 or by e mailing with the opportunity to explore Britain’s industrial effect on your health and [email protected] heritage in the form of the Victoria Bridge and the Severn Valley Steam Railway. quality of life. www.worcestershire.gov.uk/countryside web: www.wfh.naturalengland.org.uk Find out more online at: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/countryside Welcome to 6. Turn left on Coniston Way and then follow the road around to the right. Look out for the waymark post on the grass Bewdley to Forest of Discovery Walk verge. River Severn Wyre, Forest of Discovery is 7. Go through the bollards on your left and enter Hop Pole Lane. Turn left and then one of the largest ancient WC after 100m turn right onto Tanners Hill. Oak woodlands in P and a haven for wildlife. This The Lakes 1 8. Follow Tanners Hill for 700m until you walk has been developed as a 10 reach a cattle grid and gate. Lords Yard Coppice Gate 4 partnership between the Forestry Coppice 6 3 Uncllys 2 9. Go through the gate and follow the Commission and Worcestershire 9 7 public right of way for 800m. County Council. Follow the 8 5 ‘Wyre butterfly’ logo from the 10. Take care to follow the Wyre butterfly Hales Park Bewdley notice board at Dog Lane Car 11 logo at this location. The track now heads Park in Bewdley for a walk that south along a section that the landowner, The Guild of St George, has granted will keep you off the beaten track. 12 13 Cold Harbour permissive access. Coppice 0 419 1. Follow the waymarks out of the car B 11. Follow the waymarked track along the park and over Dowles Road using the edge of the wood. After 500m, the track pedestrian crossing. turns right, again follow the waymarkers 56 A4 until you come to a wooden gate. 2. Turning left, take care on the narrow footpath and head up Welch Gate, A456 12. Follow the permissive waymarkers onto Golf Course continue on this road until you come Wyre, Forest Alton Farm land owned by the Forestry Commission, to a slope and steps on your right of Discovery Long Bank follow the Wyre Butterfly logo for 150m hand side. until you come to another track. 14 3. Continue up this enclosed WC 13. Turn left, walking uphill for 400m and track known as ‘Racks Alley’ for P then turn right. Follow the waymarkers approximately 550m, until you through the forest until you come to the come out on Yew Tree Lane. 'Wyre, Forest of Discovery' buildings, and WC Public Toilets the end of your walk. 4. Turn left and head along Yew Tree Picnic Place Lane until you come to the cross roads. Cross Bank 14. If you choose to walk back to Taking care, cross the road and continue Bewdley, simply retrace your steps or use Parking on Yew Tree Lane. P the 292 bus service. For local timetable information call: traveline 0871 200 22 33. Bewdley to Forest of Discovery Walk 5. After 130m, look out for the public www.traveline.org.uk The bus stop is on footpath on the right hand side of the Natural England land Forestry Commission land Bus Stop the A456 outside the Wyre, Callow Hill car road, follow this to Coniston Way. N park.