Battle Great Wood covers over 450 acres of ancient woodland and has a network of wide surfaced pathways accessible to all and unsurfaced single tracks for those who want to explore more.
A free woodland trust car park is available along Marley Lane and the town of Battle is just down the road for public toilets and refreshments.
Parking Location
Address: Marley Lane, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0RB what3words: ///fells.skies.rams
Distance: With lots of pathways to choose from you can make your walk as short or as long as you wish. Below is a circular route that follows the main surfaced pathways and gives you a 3km circular route around the woods.
Time: Depends on your chosen route but the circular route shown below would take around 45 minutes.
Terrain: The walk we did shown below was all on wide hard surfaced pathways and accessible to all but if you want to explore then there are also lots of single track pathways through the woodland but these may be muddy and slippery in the winter and wet weather.
Stiles: None.
Dogs on leads?: Dogs allowed off lead around the woodland. On lead in the car park.
Dog Bins: Yes.
Parking: Free parking in the Woodland Trust car park.
The Route
Click the walk title in the top right of the above window or clicking here will open the route on the AllTrails website or the mobile app. You can then create a free account which will then allow you to follow the route as you walk on your mobile. If you would rather not sign up to All trails free account and use another mapping app (such as OS Maps, Outdooractive or Komoot etc) on your phone then you can download the GPX file below and import this into your desired app inorder to follow the trail.
The wide surfaced pathways lead out from the carpark where you can then follow the route above using the Alltrails app or an app of your choice by downloading the GPX file. We will be visiting again soon to make a more detailed route.
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