📜 Beautiful secluded wooded valley in Gloucestershire.
🏞️ Features a tranquil landscape park with a chain of five lakes and an unfinished Victorian Gothic mansion.
🌳 Explore a serene wooded valley
💧 Discover a chain of five picturesque lakes
🏰 See the unique unfinished Victorian Gothic mansion
🚶♀️ Enjoy walking trails, including the Boathouse Walk and Blue Route
👨👩👧👦 Family-friendly activities like a natural play trail
☕ Relax at the Tinkley Gate café with views
📚 Browse the second-hand bookstore
⚠️ Ground is uneven and undulating, with steep sections
📶 Mobile signal can be poor in the valley
♿ Some paths may not be suitable for all mobility levels (though accessible options exist)
🅿️ Buckholt car park: Dawn - Dusk
🚗 Tinkley Gate car park: 09:00 - 17:00
☕ Tinkley Gate café: 10:00 - 16:30
🗓️ Last admission to car parks is one hour before closing.
💰 Pay & display parking: £3 for non-members
🆓 National Trust members: Free parking (after registering card)
☕ Free hot drink for visitors arriving by bike or public transport
🅿️ Tinkley Gate car park: Accessible from Tinkley Lane (Sat Nav GL10 3UH)
🅿️ Buckholt car park: Accessible from Nympsfield Road (follow brown signs from B4066)
🔄 Parking is transferrable between car parks.
♿ Designated Blue Badge parking available.
🚻 Facilities available at Tinkley Gate café entrance.
♿ Accessible toilet available at Tinkley Gate entrance.
🏰 Toilets also at Woodchester Mansion on open days (not NT).
☕ Tinkley Gate café: Offers wood-fired pizzas, salads, cakes, focaccias, and ice cream.
🏰 Woodchester Mansion café: Open seasonally (check Mansion Trust website).
🚗 By Road:
👟 Walking shoes or boots recommended due to steep and uneven paths.
🐕 Dogs allowed on lead at all times (two pawprint rated place).
📱 Consider booking all-terrain mobility scooter (tramper) in advance if needed (call 01453 860037).
🏛️ National Trust