Heron Walk, Nightingale Wood
1.6 miles (2.6 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Nightingale Wood, South Marston. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SU 209 883, and finish. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file of the part mapped so far (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Map incomplete. Forestry England’s line for this walk is about 0.6 miles of the 1.6 miles its page gives, so the map falls short of the real thing. See the whole route on the publisher’s page.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 5 m of climbing and 6 m of descent; highest point 95 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1349
- Distance
- 1.6 miles (2.6 km). We measure 0.6 miles along the mapped line
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South West
- County
- Wiltshire
- Total ascent
- About 5 m. Highest point 95 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Car parks
- Car park, 250 m from the start. Directions SU 210 886Car park, 280 m from the start. Directions SU 210 886Car park, 350 m from the start. Directions SU 206 882
No bus stop or station within a kilometre of the start. Nearest: the bus stop at South Marston Turn East, 1.3 km away (Directions); Richard Jefferies Halt station (heritage railway), 6.3 km away (Directions).
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 7 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
OpenStreetMap records no pub or café within a quarter of a mile of the way: take food and drink with you.
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Connecting routes
- SW 1357Kestrel Walk, Nightingale WoodThis route starts and finishes on it at Nightingale Wood.
Walks nearby
- SE 1253Parkland Walk, Coleshill1.8 miles, circular. Starts 3.6 miles away
- SE 1128The Cole and its Landscape4 miles, circular. Starts 3.6 miles away
- SW 149Millennium TrailLong-distance route, 28.1 miles, one way. Starts 4.2 miles away
- SE 1150Ancient History & Agriculture Walk4 miles, circular. Starts 4.6 miles away
- WM 113D'Arcy Dalton WayLong-distance route, 65 miles, one way. Starts 4.8 miles away
- SE 1045White Horse Hill to Ashdown Walk7.7 miles, circular. Starts 5 miles away
Sources
Checked against forestryengland.uk on 12 October 2026.
- Route line: Forestry England, Recreation routes, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Forestry England).
- Facts: forestryengland.uk
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