just walk it - a walk through Canley Woodlands

Transcript from Coventry City Council brochure published Oct-2002

Canley Woodlands Park Wood and Ten Shilling Wood Walk (Distance 2.2 Miles) Bus Services 19, 19w, 28 and 29 Park Wood is approximately 48 acres compared to the very much smaller Ten Shilling Wood of 12 acres. Canley Woods provide pleasant and easy walking with a good system of footpaths, although they can become muddy in wet weather. The ancient woodlands are shown on the earliest map of this area dating from 1776 and are designated Local Nature Reserves, presently under the control of Coventry City Council. The woods contain the following variety of trees, English Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Silver Birch, Larch, Scots Pine and also provides a varied environment especially suited to herbaceous plants, butterflies and other animals living in the woodland edge, and to thicket nesting birds. The changing seasons throughout the year, makes each visit interesting, with the changing colours, shades of light and variety of sounds.

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Car parking is available in the car park on Charter Avenue opposite Bradney Green.  The walk starts at the entrance to Park Wood, near Marina Close.  Enter the wood and follow the path down to the central walk.  Turn left and follow this path through the centre.  Towards the edge of the wood, turn right, follow to join up with the perimeter path, turn left, go through the gate into the open field, follow the trail to enter Ten shilling Wood at the right hand corner.  Take the path following the boundary fence.  Near the end of the wood, turn left and then left again and follow through the centre of the wood.  Go through the gap in the hedgerow into the open field, take the path to the left hand corner, back into Park Wood.  Turn right and follow the path along the hedgerow, at the end of this path, turn left and continue to the centre of the wood, turning right to the car park.