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Nature Trail
The Nature Trail runs for 2km meandering through the SSSI
at the heart of the farm. It starts from and returns to the
entrance to the farm and the new Centre building. The trail utilises
boardwalk where the ground is wet and stone elsewhere. The boardwalk was
constructed from timber felled from the Trust estate, with larch used
for the posts and cross members and sweet chestnut for the planks. This makes
it a very sustainable form of construction as these woodlands are replanted.
There is a slide show about this on the Timber Story Page.
The trail forms a rough figure of eight which means you don't have
to walk the whole length of it every time. Along the trail are numbers
which link to an Audio-trail commentary delivered through special handsets
available at the Visitor Centre.
We have also installed a network of wildlife cameras placed in bird boxes
and around the farm to beam pictures back to the
Education Centre for visitors and school groups to see.
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