Daffodil Walks
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Daffodil Way – This is the famous 10 mile circular walk established by the Windcross Paths Group in 1988. Superimposed here on the 1903 O.S. Map this gives you a guide through our heritage landscape, en route revealing the surprisingly few developments of the C.20th.
Wild Daffodil Project
Kempley Walk from Queens Wood F.C. Car Park 2 miles c.30mins
Easy walking for all the family. This is a temporary trail through woodland, fields and areas managed and replanted by the Project since 2005.
Continue 1 mile along the road into Kempley to the parish church of St Edwards, and a further mile to the Friends managed Heritage site of St Mary's.
[Over Daffodil Weekend (3rd Sunday in March) the Village Hall hosts Teas and Refreshments, stalls and walking tours. Every 20-30 mins the Daff'n'Ride bus (with disabled access) returns you to Queens Wood car park.
Daffodil Weekend Walks 17th & 18th March 2012
See http://www.daffs.org.uk/Guided Walks leave from parking at Village Hall, Kempley. GL18 2BP
11am 6 Mile Walk – with Foresters –an informative hike, bring lunch
2pm Wildlife Walk 4-5 miles around the fields and woods
2.30pm Landscape History Amble – a 40 minute stroll revealing the built and landscape history of Kempley – and visiting the SSSI Kempley Daffodil Meadow.
Other Maps. Daff. Events March 2012
Dymock Poets Walk 2 hours a figure-of-eight route taking in Poets Path and fabulous Ketford Daffodil Bank – renovated by Glos Wildlife Trust in 2010 see http://www.dymockpoets.co.uk/Visit.htm for their 25th March event
Oxenhall Daffodil Weekend 24th & 25th March
Glos W.T walk and talk at Betty Daws Wood, Teas at Oxenhall Village Hall. Children events to make your own daffodil See: www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Kempley Duathlon 29th April 2012
(This map is to be updated for 2012 in due course)
Kempley features several beautiful daffodil walks that are planned on a regular basis. Would you like to participate? View more information on the visiting page. And Friends events calendar