Badbury

Important notice -

Our car park and car park machines are now open and functioning. You don’t need to book but parking space is limited. If the car park is full please come back another time.

Woodland with an Iron Age past

Family walking in the woodland at Castle Ward, County Down

Which places are open and what you need to know before you visit 

More than 100 gardens and parks and hundreds of coast and countryside places are open in England and Northern Ireland. Following the latest government guidance, all houses in England and Northern Ireland are closed. We're reopening our places in Wales from Monday 9 November for visitors who live in Wales in line with Welsh government guidelines following the firebreak lockdown. To avoid disappointment please book in advance, especially at weekends and school holidays. Please check the property webpage of the place you wish to visit before you travel. Find out how to book and what to expect from your visit.

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Badbury

Things to see and do

Badbury Wood in Autumn

Spotting nature at Badbury 

Whether you've come for a solitary, peaceful walk, are with a group of friends or want to explore with the family, use this guide to help you identify some of the trees standing tall around you and birds that call this wood home.

Badbury Woods in the afternoon sun

Forest Bathing at Badbury Woods 

We know the massive benefits that access to forests and woods have for people. Click through to find out more about some Forest Bathing activities you can do this Autumn and Winter at Badbury Woods.

Autumn at Badbury

Badbury short woodland walk (pink route) 

Enjoy a short walk in National Trust woodlands close to Badbury Hill near Coleshill in Oxfordshire. You will see a large Iron Age Hill Fort, which in the Dark Ages may have been a key battle site betweeen ancient celtic people of Britain and the encroaching Anglo-Saxons. Legend has it that King Arthur himself led the Celtic British victory here. You will also see an almost forgotten firing range, used to prepare Britain’s secret resistence fighters during the Second World War.

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