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Walking your dog (or cat)

You probably won't need much information here as almost everywhere around Green Bottom is Forest of Dean public access land through which you may roam at your leisure. However a few hints may be useful.

Firstly, if you go exploring the woods (especially to the west of Green Bottom) take a map and a compass. There are very many tracks in the woods and it can be quite easy to get disoriented.

Walk 1 - Green Bottom and Tanner's Hill

For a quick walk (about 15 - 20 minutes) the circular path abound Green Bottom, through Tanner's Hill, is to be recommended. It's easy to find and not easy to loose! It's shown red on the map below.

From the cottage front door, turn left, downhill. Just past the neighbour's field there is a track - which also serves as a driveway - to the left up the hill. Point 1 on the map. But at the house this serves (2 on the map) a track leads further up hill into the forest. Follow the track and keep as left as you can above Green Bottom. You will eventually join the main Cinderford footpath (3 on the map). Now the footpath between two cottages leads straight to the lane through Green Bottom (point 4). An easy path your pet will love!

Tanner's Hill viewed across Green Bottom

The footpath up Tanner's Hill

The footpath above Green Bottom

Near the Cinderford footpath

The above pictures were taken August 28th 2008.

Walk 2 - Green Bottom and Welshbury Wood

On the map it appears there is a track out of Green Bottom beside the chapel (at red 4 on the map) and across the ridge to Tibbscross. However on the ground such a track does not exist although the bridge is still present!

So start this walk, shown by the green line) as above but turn right along the lane that bypasses Green Bottom (point 1) and proceed along the lane until you reach the farmhouse on the left. Turn up the farmhouse track - on the left is a gate where the footpath proper starts (green 2 on the map). The footpath is through the field, on the right hand side. This field and the next may contain sheep, horses and cattle so keep you dog under control!

It's an invigorating climb up these two fields to the top of the saddle to the south of Welshbury wood but once at the top, Welshbury Wood to the north and Chestnuts Inclosure to the south are both public access and can be explored as you wish - or you can continue through the pass between the two down to Flaxley church.

The green line shows the track through the woods to the remains of the Welshbury Hill Fort (dating from the iron age) in the woods.

There is a separate page on Welshbury Wood and its Hill Fort

Welshbury wood on left

Path to Welshbury Hill Fort

On the path to the Hill Fort

Track round west edge of Welshbury Wood

Walk 3 - Green Bottom to St. Anthony's Well

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