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10 minutes on foot, mostly uphill

There is no road to the door. Park at the trailhead, take the gravel path from the noticeboard, and follow the ferns.

Getting here

Step by step

Pay and display, free after 16:00 and all day in winter. It fills by 10 on sunny weekends.

Hourly from the station, then a 15-minute walk along the lane to the car park.

1

Park at the trailhead

Follow signs for Greywood Forest and park at the Hollow Lane trailhead car park. If you use what3words, the gate is at ///moss.lantern.quiet.
2

Take the gravel path from the noticeboard

Go through the kissing gate by the noticeboard and keep to the wide gravel path. Ignore the first turning on the left, which goes to the pond.
3

Follow the fern waymarkers

Small wooden posts with a green fern mark the way. It is about ten minutes at an ordinary pace, a little more with a pushchair or small legs.
4

The last 200 metres

The path narrows and climbs gently over roots and a few shallow steps. It is not step-free. If that is a problem, ring ahead and someone will meet you at the gate with the quad bike and trailer.
5

Look for the chimney

You will smell the stove before you see the cabin. The door is round the side, under the porch. Boots can stay on.

What to bring

Layers. It is a few degrees cooler under the trees than in the car park, even in July.
A torch in winter. The path is unlit and it is properly dark by half past four.
A lead for the dog on the last stretch, where the path meets the deer fence.
A bag for anything you carry in. There are no bins on the trail.
Cash is not needed. Card and phone payments work fine, even when the signal does not.

Good to know

Two sets of hours, one for each half of the year. The current one is marked. Summer runs april to october, winter november to march.

Hot food until an hour before we close. Tea, coffee and whatever is left of the bake until the door shuts.

Bank holidays: summer hours whatever the month. Snow: we will say on Instagram by eight.

The pin is the car park. The cabin is ten minutes further on, where the map goes green.