Mailscot Wood Trail, Symonds Yat Rock
4 miles (6.4 km). About 1½ hours, easy.
Start: SO 562 156. Finish: SO 562 156. OS grid.
Take it with you: download the GPX file (it opens in OS Maps, Komoot, Outdooractive or a GPS unit) or open the start in OS Maps.
Warning: Diversion in place. Part of this route is closed or diverted for now. Diverted during forestry work. Source: forestryengland.uk.
Up and down
About 182 m of climbing and 182 m of descent; highest point 166 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1339
- Distance
- 4 miles (6.4 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Walking time
- About 1½ hours
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South West
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Total ascent
- About 182 m. Highest point 166 m
Getting there
- Bus stops
- Car Park, 20 m from the start. Directions SO 562 156Car Park Entrance, 310 m from the start. Directions SO 565 155Paddocks Hotel, 310 m from the start. Directions SO 559 157
- Car parks
- Symonds Yat Rocks (pay), 20 m from the start. Directions SO 562 156New Weir car park (pay), 180 m from the start. Directions SO 560 156Car park (pay), 230 m from the start. Directions SO 560 158
Getting back
We found no bus stop within 3 km of the finish and no station within 10 km (from OpenStreetMap), so plan a lift or a taxi back.
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 57 m in a kilometre (1 in 18), starting 1.9 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Pub
- The Saracens Head, Symonds Yat East: 3.5 miles in, about 350 m off the way. Food.
- Café
- Log cabin cafe, Symonds Yat East: 3.5 miles in, about 250 m off the way.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Connecting routes
- SW 1355Symonds Yat TrailShares 0.5 miles of path with this route. This route starts and finishes on it at Symonds Yat Rock main car park.
Walks nearby
- SW 1048Highmeadow Trail11 miles, one way. Starts 1.1 miles away
- SW 1221Bracelands to the Wye1.6 miles, one way. Starts 1.6 miles away
- SW 1081Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail4.5 miles, one way. Starts 3.7 miles away
- SW 1359Glade Trail, Beechenhurst0.6 miles, circular. Starts 3.9 miles away
- SW 1336Ramblers Beechenhurst Trail8 miles, circular. Starts 3.9 miles away
- SW 1344Bixslade Trail, Cannop Ponds2.5 miles. Starts 4.5 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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