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Dog walks in Park Forest

Park Forest is a wood in Ashfield, 3.5 km from the middle of Hucknall. 40 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 32% are under 3 km and 25% are loops.

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Park Forest on Nottinghamshire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Three walks in Park Forest

From the 40 walks that lie mostly in Park Forest, those that start nearest its middle: a 5.5 km loop, a 7.5 km there and back and a 2.2 km one-way walk.

Where these go is in the app

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  • Annesley loop5.5 km · 94 min · A loop
  • Near Park Forest (longer)7.5 km · 128 min · There and back
  • Near Park Forest (shorter)2.2 km · 38 min · One way

The land and what it asks of a dog

  • Open by permission, not by right103 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
  • Open by right1 hectare of the woodland

Ashfield council has a dog control order we cannot yet place on the map, so it may apply here. Signs on the ground may say more.

What the walks in Park Forest are like

Every share is of the 40 walks that lie mostly in Park Forest, with Hucknall as a whole marked on each bar.

How far they go

Over 12 km: 15% of the walks in Park Forest, against 11% near Hucknall.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHucknall
Under 3 km
32%
31%
3 to 5 km
20%
21%
5 to 8 km
22%
20%
8 to 12 km
10%
13%
Over 12 km
15%
11%

What shape they are

There and back the same way: 40% of the walks in Park Forest, against 44% near Hucknall.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHucknall
A loop
25%
24%
There and back the same way
40%
44%
One way, ending somewhere else
35%
31%

What is beside the path

Off road for four fifths or more: 65% of the walks in Park Forest, against 10% near Hucknall.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHucknall
Under trees for a third or more of the way
100%
56%
Beside water for a tenth or more
40%
61%
On open access land for a third or more
<1%
<1%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
<1%
33%
Off road for four fifths or more
65%
10%
On roads or lanes for half or more
12%
67%
Through built-up streets for half or more
<1%
5%

What might stop you

No stile, gate or cattle grid: 30% of the walks in Park Forest, against 70% near Hucknall.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHucknall
Never beside a fast road
92%
83%
Never beside a busy road
52%
35%
No busy road to cross
60%
37%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
30%
70%
No steps
95%
67%

What is on the way

Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road: 27% of the walks in Park Forest, against 78% near Hucknall.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredHucknall
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
27%
78%
Pass a pub
5%
37%
Pass a dog-waste bin
35%
65%
Pass a public toilet
<1%
16%
Pass a drinking-water tap
<1%
<1%
Pass a busy beauty spot
70%
21%

Measured on 20 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks in Park Forest, for your dog

If you live in Nottinghamshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

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Further is the Trekosa subscription. 100% of the walks here run under trees for a third of the way or more. It brings the Further map, 1:25,000, with contours, field walls and every right of way, while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk in Park Forest before you set off and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal drops among the trees. Drift off the path and the phone buzzes. It also opens walks beyond your home county, if Nottinghamshire is not yours.

The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.

Questions people ask

Do dogs need a lead in Park Forest?
Ashfield has a dog order we cannot yet place, so it may apply here, read on 1 October 2026.
How many dog walks are there in Park Forest?
40 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Park Forest.