165 year old Californian Redwood trees, Ashton Hill Plantation, North Somerset. Close to Bristol

A walk around Ashton Hill Plantation in North Somerset & ancient woodland

You can access this from Long Ashton or Failand .

A nice circular walk with lots of smaller paths to explore, an expert level mountain bike trail, a selection of very old Californian Redwood trees that are about 165 years old

Formally part of the Tyntesfield Estate which is now owned by the National Trust

Thanks for watching

Paul
Plod on steady

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If you enjoy what I do, feel free to buy me a coffee but no pressure at all, I probably won’t buy coffee anyway as I walk prepared with my own drinks but any proceeds would be spent on things I might need for the channel, namely, camera upgrade.

Thank you

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Info can be found at
www.forestryengland.uk/ashton-hill

Escape the hustle and bustle of Bristol

Ashton Hill offers 148 acres of mixed woodland for you to explore, including a magnificent stand of Californian Redwoods (Sequoia).

Formally part of the nearby Tyntesfield Estate in Wraxall, many of the larger trees in the woodland date back to the 19th century.

Walking at Ashton Hill is the perfect way to get some fresh air and explore some of Bristol’s most beautiful landscapes.

There is a circular hard surfaced trail (not waymarked) starting from the car park which is suitable for walkers and cyclists. A bench provides a resting place underneath the Giant Sequoias.

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The following info is from longashtonparishcouncil.gov.uk/history

History

Long Ashton is a village in North Somerset, close to Bristol. It has a population of just over 6,000, with the parish including Leigh Woods and the nearby hamlet of Yanley. The area is known for its green areas, woods and open spaces that give it a country feel despite being so close to Bristol.

The village was originally built on the slopes of a valley, on the south-facing side that runs east to west. Long Ashton originated in Saxon times, although it is also true that both prehistoric and Roman artefacts have been unearthed in the area, particularly at the site of the Gatcombe Roman Settlement

The name ‘Long Ashton’ derives from two waterways the village is close to, one being the Longmoor Brook and the other being the Ashton Brook, thus Long Ashton was formed as a combination of the two. The Domesday Book, compiled by order of William the Conqueror and completed in 1086, records the village name as ‘Estune’, which purportedly means ‘the place by the ash tree’.

hi everyone today I’m just on a short walk around North Somerset around the Ashton Hill Woodland or Ashton Hill Plantation i think it’s known as both it’s uh it’s a really nice walk and in particular there is a section in the video called Big Tree Grove where there’s a selection of California redwoods i think and they’re believed to be planted around about 1860 1870 so at the time of filming this they are about 165 years old now I’ve walked in from Gatlin Farm in Long Ashton but there is a small car park at the top end of the woods at the top of Belmont Hill so I will put all the relevant information on the screen for what free words and postcodes etc so you can access it from either sites if you want if you decide to walk from the long Ashton end you’ll just have to park somewhere on the road in Long Ashton cuz there’s uh not really any parking in the lane by Gaten Farm which is where I walked from they do have parking spaces in there but I’m not quite sure whether they would allow you to park and walk and thus uh maybe you’re going in for lunch or breakfast or going to go buy something in the shop then I’m sure they probably wouldn’t mind but you’d have to check that or just park somewhere in the west anyway I shall uh let you enjoy the video [Music] falling [Music] down [Music] here we go [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hello thanks [Music] [Music] hallelujah hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]