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Bucknell Woods

2.7 miles (4.4 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Enjoy peaceful woodland walks in this forested area near Silverstone and Abthorpe. There's a good sized car park on the eastern side of the woods, about half a mile north west of Silverstone village. From here you can pick up wide bridleways and other footpaths to take you around the site. There's hundreds of acres of ancient woodland and a variety of butterflies to look out for on the way. You can also see lots of pretty bluebells during the spring months.
To continue your walking in the area head south to Hazelborough Wood. It's only a short distance away and is another good place for butterfly spotting and bluebells.
Just to the east you can pick up the Grafton Way long distance trail. The trail runs through nearby Towcester and is a great way of exploring the Northamptonshire countryside.

Bucknell Woods OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Bucknell Woods Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

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Photos

Main bridleway through Bucknell Wood - geograph.org.uk - 443588

Main bridleway through Bucknell Wood

Mushroom carved from tree stump - geograph.org.uk - 443597

Mushroom carved from tree stump

Bucknell Wood - geograph.org.uk - 443631

Bucknell Wood

Bucknell Wood picnic area - geograph.org.uk - 443636

Bucknell Wood picnic area

Wood white (Leptidea sinapis) male

Wood white Butterfly

Avenue of trees - geograph.org.uk - 443617

Avenue of trees

GPS Files

GPX File

Bucknell Woods.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Bucknell Woods.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)