Sensory Walk, Soudley Ponds
1.6 miles (2.6 km), circular. Starts and finishes at Soudley Ponds car park, Church Road, Soudley. Under an hour, easy.
Start: SO 662 115, 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 1.3 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 24 m of climbing and 39 m of descent; highest point 96 m.
Facts
- Code
- SW 1351
- Distance
- 1.6 miles (2.6 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 24 m. Highest point 96 m
Getting there
Starts and finishes at the same place, marked by the dot on the map.
- Bus stop
- Dean Heritage Museum, 960 m from the start. Directions SO 664 106
- Car parks
- Car park (free), 40 m from the start. Directions SO 662 116Car park, 930 m from the start. Directions SO 662 106Car park (free), 950 m from the start. Directions SO 662 106
What to expect
No steep climbs: no kilometre gains more than about 17 m.
From OpenStreetMap, where mappers have recorded it: check before you go.
Pubs and cafés
- Café
- Heritage Coffee Shop, Lower Soudley: at the finish. Step-free.
As OpenStreetMap records them. Opening times change, so check before you set off.
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Walks nearby
- SW 1360Mallards Pike Path0.5 miles, circular. Starts 2.1 miles away
- SW 1336Ramblers Beechenhurst Trail8 miles, circular. Starts 3 miles away
- SW 1359Glade Trail, Beechenhurst0.6 miles, circular. Starts 3 miles away
- SW 1081Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail4.5 miles, one way. Starts 3.2 miles away
- SW 1114Salmon Way4.5 miles, circular. Starts 3.3 miles away
- SW 1344Bixslade Trail, Cannop Ponds2.5 miles. Starts 3.6 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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