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Kingsford Forest Country Park

4.35 miles (7 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap Explore 200 acres of woodland and heathland in this Worcestershire based forest park. Terrain in the park consists of hills and cliffs, with sandy paths crossing the area. The park has 4 waymarked trails of varying lenghts to explore. The route below also visits the National Trust owned Kinver Edge. This woodland sandstone ridge offers dramatic views across surrounding counties and miles of heathland walking.
Kingsford park is located about four miles west of Stourbridge, and four miles north of Kidderminster. There are three great options for continuing your walk through this lovely part of England. The Staffordshire Way, the North Worcestershire Path, and the Worcestershire Way all run past the park.

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Kingsford Country Park OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Kingsford Country Park Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Dog Walking

As you can imagine the forest trails are ideal for dog walking so you'll probably see plenty of other owners with their pets on your visit.

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

The circular Kidderminster Canal Walk visits the park from the nearby town. It first follows the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal to Kinver before heading up to Kinver Edge and then descending into the adjacent Kingsford Forest Country Park. At the end of the route there's a fine canalside pub to enjoy too.

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

Kingsford Forest Park - geograph.org.uk - 495760

Trail view 1

Kingsford Forest Park - geograph.org.uk - 495791

Trail view 2

Picnic area by Blakeshall car park, Kingsford Forest Park - geograph.org.uk - 886463

Picnic area by Blakeshall car park. Kingsford Forest Park contains 200 acres of mixed woodland and heathland. It is in the northwest of Worcestershire. Just over the county border in Staffordshire is Kinver Edge and the village of Kinver. By the Blakeshall car park is this small wooded picnic area with several picnic tables.

Dog walking in Kingsford Forest Park - geograph.org.uk - 886496

Dog walking in Kingsford Forest Park. The attractive Kingsford Forest Park is popular with many different types of visitor. These include walkers, naturalists, bird spotters, cyclists, horse riders, dogs and their walkers. Here two dogs take their human companion for a brisk trot. They are walking on the Horse Route as can be seen by the evidence in the foreground.

Footpath in Kingsford Forest Park - geograph.org.uk - 1185923

This footpath leads out of the forest and onto Blakeshall Lane.

Kingsford Forest Park - geograph.org.uk - 330703

There are a number of parking areas at the site. This one is the Blakeshall Lane Car Park.

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GPS Files

GPX File

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

Memory Map Route

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