The Mens

The Mens woodland is alargely unex­plored wood, it certainly has an untamed, mysterious feeling to it and many people describe it as ‘wild’. A long and varied history of management has seen the reserve move from an open, wood pasture system with huge, spreading parkland trees and pollards to a high forest with closely spaced trees with narrow crowns. A lack of management in recent years has added to this silvicultural diversity. The unusual name of this area comes from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘ge-mænnes’, meaning common land. Given the wood is pretty wild with no convienences to speak of this is a gloriously quiet spot. There is a small carpark but it doesnt take many cars to fill it. There is no real roadside parking.