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2017 EVERGREEN 49<br />

Sunlight filters through the beech trees.<br />

JAMES AUSTRUM<br />

The beautiful and diverse<br />

broadleaf woodland stands on a<br />

plateau above the Avon Gorge,<br />

offering panoramic views across the<br />

city and attracts 120,000 visits a year<br />

mostly from local people.<br />

Pathways wind through the<br />

oak, small-leaf lime and ash forest.<br />

Springtime brings an abundance of<br />

bluebells and wood anemones, while<br />

the summer months provide shady<br />

walks.<br />

The red and golden hues of<br />

autumn, combined with an<br />

interesting array of fungi, are<br />

particularly beautiful. The oak<br />

pollards are interspersed with areas<br />

of flower-rich limestone grassland<br />

around old stone quarries. Rockrose,<br />

Bristol rock-cress and black<br />

knapweed are all native to this area. It<br />

is indeed a place of poetic beauty.<br />

DALE LE VACK<br />

Further Information<br />

Leigh Woods, North Road,<br />

Bristol BS8 3PL<br />

(Car park sat nav BS8 3QB)<br />

Tel: 0117 9731645<br />

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/leigh-woods

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