Coxmere Wood

This easy-to-follow walk will take you to a pond home to many frogs, toads and dragonflies. You will also see a range of budding trees in your new native broadleaf forest.

How to get here

The start / finish point for this walk is Coxmere Wood car park:

Address: Braggington Lane, Braggington, CV37 8BD
OS Grid Ref: SP 13783 50743
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Facilities and access

This car park and woodland walking route is being provided for your enjoyment and we ask that you donate via the post in the car park or by text.

This walking route has no stiles, steps or gates.

Download the Coxmere Wood walk
Coxmere Wood Walk_0.pdf (807.87 KB)
Download a wider area map to show links to other walking routes
Dorsington Area Map.pdf (3.32 MB)
Distance
1.5 miles
Difficulty
Easy
Start/finish
Coxmere Wood car park
Nearest postcode
CV37 8BD
Terrain
Clearly marked woodland trail. Easy going - but can get muddy in the winter!

Begin walk

1.
1. Access the walk route from Coxmere Wood carpark, beginning at the welcome board.
The informational boards at the car park at Coxmere Wood
2.
2. From the car park head south-west along the hedge. The first half of the walk follows this boundary.
A view from the path along the mature hedgerow with a young plantation to the right
3.
3. With the hedge on the left, cross the bridge keeping between the fence and hedge. The woodland on your right was planted in 2015. Quite soon you’ll pass a small pond on the left.
Look out for frogs and dragonflies here!
A small pond hidden amongst the brash and grass of the hedgerow
4.
4. You should now find a small group of mature but relatively short oak trees in front of you. There are not many hedgerow oak trees around Dorsington. Rarer still is the young self-set oak near these trees on the right hand side of the path.
A close up of the crown of a mature oak tree
5.
5. Carry on down the hedge for a few hundred metres, cross the public footpath and head into Coxmere Wood. These trees were planted in 2003.
The Coxmere Wood sign at a fork in the woodland path
6.
6. Keeping the hedge on your left you will spot prolific ash natural regeneration near the mature ash trees.
Notice the incredible difference between the number of self-set ash and oak in the area, which highlight the regenerative qualities of each species; look carefully and you will see the occasional oak in amongst the ash.
A close up of ash tree leaves in the sunshine
7.
7. At the end of this path bear to the right and after a short distance turn right at the sign back into the woodland along the wide ride up a slight gradient.
A view of an open area lined with mature trees at Coxmere Wood
8.
8. This ride opens up at a cross ride, head straight on up the slope and over the crest. Head out of Coxmere Wood and turn right for a short distance along the public footpath before turning left along a hedgerow, back into the plantation.
A bench and another Coxmere Wood sign along the footpath
9.
9. Head towards the far end and exit though the hedge, over the bridge and turn right back to the car park.
A bridge between hedgerows leading to an open area
End! Well done

Thank you to volunteer Rosie for contributing these wonderful woodland walk photos (apart from point 6).