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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