Darwell Wood car park

It's a car park! Quite rough in places as not tarmac. Free parking too.

This is the best, if not only place to park for Darwell Woods. If you are a dog walker, have adventurous children, or just like walking in the woods, you can really feel isolated here. Many hills and valleys with streams flowing into the nearby Darwell Reservoir, apart from the occasional car going past on the road, you really could be in the middle of nowhere. Make sure you take at least a drink with you, there are no facilities or toilets, and you can walk for a good couple of hours sometimes without seeing anybody. Do not take the middle of the three tracks leading away from the car park, it leads to a private residence. Unsuitable for wheelchairs and buggies. No bins either, so please take your rubbish home.

Free to use car park when visiting Darwell Wood. There is space for approximately 10 vehicles or so if people park considerately.Do be aware that the car park is just gravel and does have quite a few potholes.

Small car park, no facilities or poo bins. However, free. Great walks from here, forest tracks, abundance of wildlife. Strange coming across the gypsum mine conveyer that runs through the middle of the forest. If you can find it, Darwell reservoir is lovely. Very little signal in the area if using phones for GPS.

The woodland is lovely, but the footpaths are not well signposted or maintained. Footpaths that show on the map don’t always exist. Not sure if we were unlucky but there were about 20 teenagers riding dirt bikes on the footpaths, which didn’t make it very enjoyable walk for us

Very nice walks. I take the dogs here & also I'm with family. We all enjoy these woods

Lovely wood. Lots to explore. Car park can get busy with horse boxes. No dog poop bins so take it home or use a stick to keep the paths clear. (This is actually recommended on the woodland signage). Be wary of logging as large machinery is in operation most weekdays.

A large space with a reservoir in the centre. It is easy to get lost but a lovely and varied area with every attraction for dogs and walkers.

A lovely place, the owners have made a few features that make it feel more magical and interesting.

Great spot to park. Excellent walks through a large area of woodlands which of course leads through to the reservoir if you know where your going.