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Group of friends walking through a broadleaf forest in the summer
Blog
18 December 2024

Discover the 10 reasons why spending time in the forest is the only resolution you need to improve your health and wellbeing this year.

With their backs to the camera, a person sitting on a bench and a person sitting on an all-terrain mobility scooter look out over a high viewpoint
Blog
04 July 2024

From Changing Places toilets to accessible trails, benches and play offers, discover our latest upgrades.

A boy and a girl sitting on a bench with a golden retriever
Blog
4 ways to bring out your playfulness

Bring out your playfulness in the midst of nature

Three adults walk through the forest chatting and smiling
Blog
22 September 2023

Nature can be seen as a sanctuary, a place to break barriers and find inner peace. This is true for the Wanderers of Colour community.

Two men walking on a country road
Blog
04 April 2023

Walking is good for us in so many ways. In the new film, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Harold’s journey starts out as just that.

Vanessa Feltz walking through Wendover Woods.
Blog
16 February 2023

We joined TV personality and broadcaster Vanessa Feltz as she escaped the city rushed and enjoyed a day full of activities at Wendover woods.

Bedgebury National Pinetum Dallimore Valley sunrise splitting the trees
Blog
26 April 2022

Discover our top tips for Forest Listening, the simple act of listening to the sounds of the forest.  

Victoria Pendleton
Blog
11 March 2022

We met with Victoria to hear about what makes the forest a special place. Having recently moved to nearby Wareham Forest, it was the perfect place to find out more from her about...

Young girl in shaun ears reaches into pack
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