Wendover Woods

Visitor information

Situated in the beautiful surroundings of the Chilterns, Wendover Woods is home to stunning trails, Go Ape and picturesque views

Explore the beautiful Chilterns landscape at Wendover Woods with stunning views across the Chiltern Hills. There’s something for everyone with a wide range of ways to spend your day.

If you're feeling energetic, why not try Go-Ape Tree Top Adventure, Gruffalo orienteering, our fitness trail assault course or our brand new play trail. Or relax in the woods with a stroll on one of our walks; you may even encounter an ancient monument. There are plenty of places to pause and admire the view or enjoy a picnic.

We’ve been improving the visitor facilities. The redevelopment is now complete and the centre piece is our brand new visitor hub building.  You’ll find the new Wendover Woods cafe, children’s play area, interpretation and toilets here. The layout has been designed to accommodate more visitors including a larger car park and brand new exit road.

The new Wendover Woods Cafe offers hot and cold food and drinks and is situated in the British larch clad Visitor Hub with fantastic views across the forest and the Chilterns.

Young and old can enjoy our new all ability play trail, which runs in an approximately 1 mile loop from the Visitor Hub and includes play features along the way.

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Food and drink

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Wendover Woods cafe

Whether it’s a quick coffee you’re after or a relaxing lunch, enjoy good fresh food, excellent service and stunning views at Wendover Woods Cafe.
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Things to do

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Picnics and barbecues at Wendover Woods

Enjoy a tasty treat in the forest at one of our beautiful barbecue stands, just bring along good food and company!

Wendover Woods has four barbecues available for you to book. The barbecues are yours to use all day (from 11.00am until 1 hour before site closure) and are bookable up to 30 days in advance. Disposable and portable barbecues, as well as camping stoves and open fires are not allowed.

Barbecue hire is £70 per day, parking charges apply. Don't forget to bring your own charcoal and tools! 

Please note that there is no vehicular access to any barbecues and you will need to walk a short distance from the car park.

In order to protect this special landscape from the risk of fire please follow our guidance

You are welcome to hire our barbecues, but to prevent forest fires and reduce waste, please do not bring any other barbecues into this forest Never leave the barbecue unattended Ensure you have plenty of water available and barbecues are fully extinguished after use Make sure that all rubbish is taken away with you The collection of wood from the forest is not permitted, please do not use it to add fuel to your barbecue Open fires are not allowed  Full terms and conditions apply
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Breeze into the Forest at Wendover Woods

British Cycling and Forestry England have teamed up to offer free, women-only group cycle rides for all abilities in the nation’s forests. Every group ride is led by a qualified Breeze into the Forest Champion who will organise everything and make sure everyone stays safe. Come along to ride, chat and of course enjoy some tea and cake from the onsite café afterwards.

Join Fran, Christine and Lucy, our Breeze into the Forest Champions, on a cycle ride through the forest, taking in stunning scenery and wildlife. 

Bike hire is available off-site at Otec bikes with pre-booking. 

Look out for more rides as they appear HERE - Upcoming dates 9th August at 10.30am and 11th August at 1pm

*All riders under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. If you are registering a person aged under 16 who is not your child, you must have the consent of the parent or guardian of the child in question.

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Fitness and wellbeing activities at Wendover Woods

From Breeze into the Forest to Forest Bathing, discover a wide range of instructor-led fitness and wellbeing classes at Wendover Woods. 

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Forest fitness trail at Wendover Woods

Test your stamina on this forest trail around Boddington Hill, the site of an Iron Age hill fort. Set along an unsurfaced trail it contains ten pieces of fitness equipment to test and train your fitness. 

Information boards on how to use the equipment can be found at each of the ten exercises. 

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Nearby forests

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Aston Hill Bike Park

Reinstatement works at Aston Hill Bike Park are currently underway. The large number of trees identified with Chalara ash dieback have been removed and tree felling works have been completed.

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Cowleaze Wood

Set in the Chiltern Hills with amazing views over the surrounding countryside, a walk around this rich woodland reveals a great mix of habitats and plenty of paths to explore. There are grassy areas suitable for picnics and perfect for dogs to play. Bluebells which can be seen in May are like a blue carpet and well worth a visit.

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Bernwood Forest

Delve into Bernwood Forest's historic past with a walk around this rich woodland, located on the outskirts of Oxford.

Made up of Shabbington and Waterperry Wood, Bernwood Forest was once part of The Royal Hunting Forest of Bernwood and received royal protection for over 700 years! The Bernwood Jubilee Way, part of the project to reinforce the identity of the hunting forest, runs through a section of the wood on its 61 mile journey within the Ancient Forest Boundary.

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