Ramblers Beechenhurst Trail
8 miles (12.9 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Beechenhurst, Speech House Road, Coleford. About 3 hours, moderate.
Start: SO 614 120, 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
About 348 m of climbing and 348 m of descent; highest point 227 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1336
- Distance
- 8 miles (12.9 km)
- Publisher’s page
- forestryengland.uk
- Type
- Circular
- Walking time
- About 3 hours
- Difficulty
- Moderate (how we grade)
- Designation
- Regional route
- Region
- South West
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Total ascent
- About 348 m. Highest point 227 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stops
- Beechenhurst Lodge, 100 m from the start. Directions SO 614 119Beechenhurst Lodge Gate, 290 m from the start. Directions SO 612 117Speech House, 550 m from the start. Directions SO 620 121
- Car parks
- Car park (pay), 120 m from the start. Directions SO 614 119Car park (pay), 190 m from the start. Directions SO 613 121The Cyril Hart Arboretum (free), 720 m from the start. Directions SO 621 118
What to expect
Steepest climb: about 118 m in a kilometre (1 in 8), starting 3.6 miles in.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Cafés
- Beechenhurst Café, Cannop: at the start and finish.Hopewell Colliery Cafe, Cannop: 4 miles in, about 200 m off the way. Step-free.Pedal-A-Bike-Away Cafe, Cannop: 7.7 miles in, about 350 m off the way.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Connecting routes
- SW 1081Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailShares 1 mile of path with this route. Starts on this route at Cannop.
- SW 1359Glade Trail, BeechenhurstStarts on this route at Beechenhurst.
Walks nearby
- SW 1344Bixslade Trail, Cannop Ponds2.5 miles. Starts 1.4 miles away
- SW 1360Mallards Pike Path0.5 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SW 1346Long Trail, Nagshead Nature Reserve2.3 miles, circular. Starts 2.2 miles away
- SW 1351Sensory Walk, Soudley Ponds1.6 miles, circular. Starts 3 miles away
- SW 1221Bracelands to the Wye1.6 miles, one way. Starts 3.4 miles away
- SW 1339Mailscot Wood Trail, Symonds Yat Rock4 miles. Starts 3.9 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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