Mallards Pike Path
0.5 miles (0.8 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Mallards Pike car park, Parkend. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SO 636 092, and finish. 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.
Up and down
Almost flat: about 5 m of climbing and 5 m of descent; highest point 110 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1360
- Distance
- 0.5 miles (0.8 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- Under an hour
- Difficulty
- Easy (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South West
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Total ascent
- About 5 m. Highest point 110 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stops
- The Barracks, 460 m from the start. Directions SO 632 092Moseley Green, 770 m from the start. Directions SO 632 086The Barracks, 780 m from the start. Directions SO 628 092
- Car parks
- Malards Pike (pay), 70 m from the start. Directions SO 636 092Car park (pay), 130 m from the start. Directions SO 637 092Car park, 800 m from the start. Directions SO 631 086
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 3 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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Walks nearby
- SW 1344Bixslade Trail, Cannop Ponds2.5 miles. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SW 1346Long Trail, Nagshead Nature Reserve2.3 miles, circular. Starts 1.9 miles away
- SW 1351Sensory Walk, Soudley Ponds1.6 miles, circular. Starts 2.1 miles away
- SW 1336Ramblers Beechenhurst Trail8 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SW 1359Glade Trail, Beechenhurst0.6 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SW 1081Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail4.5 miles, one way. Starts 2.5 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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