Queenswood Country Park
The park is open daily, dawn-dusk and has free parking.At Queenswood Country Park & Arboretum you will find...
- 67 acre tree collection (arboretum) with over 500 rare and exotic trees in an attractive parkland setting.
- 103 acres of semi natural ancient woodland designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserve (LNR).
- Herefordshire Council Parks, Countryside & Leisure Development Service Office
- Seasonal Tourist Information Centre open daily from 10.00am to 4.30pm between Easter and Christmas Eve for information and accommodation bookings, with gifts and Queenswood merchandise on sale.
- Licensed Cafe in restored timber framed building, serving snacks, ice creams and hot meals. The opening times may vary so please contact the proprietor to book a table or check the cafe will be open during your visit. Tel. 01568 797880.
- Toilets including a disabled toilet and baby changing facilities (open approx. 9am -5pm daily).
- Easy access paths and waymarked trails. For more information get a copy of the Queenswood Guide available in the Tourist Information Centre.
- Electric mobility vehicles. Three vehicles are available for hire to help you explore the park - to book them please contact the Tourist Information Centre. Tel. 01568 797842
- View point with panoramic views from the Malvern Hills in the east across to the Black Mountains in the west.
- Picnic facilities
- Woodland children's play area.
Please note that at Queenswood no cycling or horseriding is permitted around the Country Park.
Queenswood Flora & Fauna
Saturday 13th June 2009
10am - 11.30am
A short walk with Countryside Ranger Trevor Hulme focussing on the flora and fauna of the Country Park.
Some short steep sections. Sorry no dogs.
Distance: 2 miles
Meet: Outside Queenswood Tourist Information Centre
Cost: Free, but booking is essential to help us manage numbers contact Queenswood TIC Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Mountain & Moor
Sunday 14th June 2009
10.30am - 2.30pm
Join Countryside Ranger Trevor Hulme for a walk in the Black Mountains with the focus on the natural history of this upland corner of the county.
Please bring a packed lunch. Binoculars useful, but not essential. Sorry no dogs.
Distance: 6 miles
Meet: Black Hill Picnic Site - full details will be given on booking.
Cost: Free, but booking is essential to help us manage numbers contact Queenswood TIC Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Bertie Buzzard's Summer Trail
Throughout the school holidays
Bertie Buzzard will be back again this summer with an exciting trail to help you find out more about nature and explore the Country Park.
Cost: 50p - entry forms available from Queenswood Tourist Information Centre.
Craft Workshop: Make a Green Man
Monday 20th July 2009
Three sessions: 10am, 11am and 12 noon
A chance to make your own green man using fabric paper and natural materials.
Cost: £3.50 per child. Booking is essential to help us manage numbers please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Craft Workshop: Weave in the Woods
Monday 27th July 2009
Three sessions: 10am, 11am and 12 noon
Be inspired by the trees and create a beautiful miniature weaving to take home and treasure.
Cost: £3.50 per child. Booking is essential to help us manage numbers please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Teddy Bears Picnic Rhyme and Storytime
Tuesday 28th July 2009
11am - 12.30pm
If you go down to the woods today you’ll be in for a very big surprise! Come along with your toddler and their favourite teddy and join Herefordshire libraries for a special Teddy Bears Picnic Rhyme and Storytime at Queenswood.
There will be lots of fun and rhyming games to play with your child and as you settle down to enjoy your picnic under the dappled shade of the trees you can listen to a story or two!
This event has been organised in partnership with ‘Bookstart’ a national charity that encourages parents to share and enjoy books with their children and it is a great way to find out more about introducing your child to books - however young they are.
Suitable for ages 18 months to 4 years. Please bring a picnic for you and your toddler and a suitable picnic blanket to sit on. This event will be cancelled in very wet weather.
Cost: Free, but booking is essential to help us manage numbers.
Please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Go Bats at Bodenham
Friday 7th August 2009
8pm - 11pm
Join experienced 'batman' James for a walk around Lady Close Orchard and river Lugg listening (and looking!) out for these amazing "angels of the night" - hopefully we will locate over 5 different species of bat.
Not suitable for mobility impaired. No dogs (due to noise interfering with bat detectors). Not suitable for children under 12 all under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult.
Distance: 2 miles
Meet: Bodenham Lake Nature Reserve Car Park - full details given on booking
Cost: £3.50 (includes a copy of the informative FSC Guide to Bats for each group/family to take home). Booking is essential. Please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
Discover the Mortimers
Sunday 16th August 2009
10.45am - 1pm
Join Countryside Ranger Jim Key to enjoy a gentle walk through an historic herefordshire river valley seeing the site of the famous battle from the war of the roses set amid some tranquil marches countryside full of interest to the historian and nature lover alike!
Sorry no dogs please.
Distance: 4 miles
Meet: Mortimers Cross - full details will be given on booking.
Cost: Free, but booking is essential to help us manage numbers contact Queenswood TIC Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Teddy Bears Picnic Rhyme and Storytime
Wednesday 26th August 2009
11am - 12.30pm
If you go down to the woods today you’ll be in for a very big surprise! Come along with your toddler and their favourite teddy and join Herefordshire libraries for a special Teddy Bears Picnic Rhyme and Storytime at Queenswood.
There will be lots of fun and rhyming games to play with your child and as you settle down to enjoy your picnic under the dappled shade of the trees you can listen to a story or two!
This event has been organised in partnership with ‘Bookstart’ a national charity that encourages parents to share and enjoy books with their children and it is a great way to find out more about introducing your child to books - however young they are.
Suitable for ages 18 months to 4 years. Please bring a picnic for you and your toddler and a suitable picnic blanket to sit on. This event will be cancelled in very wet weather.
Cost: Free, but booking is essential to help us manage numbers.
Please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Nature Play Rangers: Creepy Crawly Crazy
Friday 28th August 2009
Two sessions: 11am - 12.30pm & 1.30pm - 3pm
Join the nature rangers for a giant bug hunt…last year we caught all sorts of fantastic minibeasties! Moths, butterflies, crickets, beetles, spiders, a bee and a cockroach!! What can we find this year?
Please wear sensible shoes and clothing as this activity will take place outdoors. Please consider sun protection in hot weather.
Meet: Oak Avenue
Cost: Free -booking essential to help us manage numbers contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Art in the Woods
19th-20th September 2009
1pm-4pm each day
You are invited to join our fun in the woods: Fine Art students from Herefordshire College of Art creating art with paper, fabric, print and wood. Children and adults are welcome to have a go at creating a fun piece of art - materials provided. (All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult). Please remember to wear old clothes that you don’t mind getting a bit messy! We will go ahead in all weathers except very heavy and persistent rain. Participants join at their own risk.
Cost: Free
Art in the Woods is part of h.Art (Herefordshire Art Week) 2009
Queenswood Photography Walk
Sunday 11th October 2009
2pm - 5pm
Join Countryside Ranger Paul Ratcliffe for a walk accompanied by travel photographer Nick Meers and learn how to make better photos of the Arboretum’s glorious autumnal colours. Camera essential.
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear for the time of year.
Distance: 1 mile
Meet: Outside Queenswood Tourist Information Centre
Cost: £4.00, booking is essential. Please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children to be accompanied by an adult.
Bertie Buzzard's Autumn Trail
Throughout the half term holidays
Join Bertie Buzzard and his friends the Queenswood Seeds this autumn to find out how they find a new place to settle down and grow into a new plant.
Cost: 50p - entry forms available from Queenswood Tourist Information Centre.
Queenswood Fungus Survey
Saturday 24th October 2009
10am - 12.30pm
Morning Fungi Survey Queenswood Arboretum organised by Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group.
Booking is essential as public places are limited - for more information and to book contact Mike Stroud (HFSG) directly Tel: 01874 730263 e-mail: mikestroud1@btinternet.com
Children over 12 years only must be accompanied by an adult
Fungus Identification Session
Saturday 24th October
2pm-4pm
Display of fungi collected during the morning survey also bring your own fungi along to get them identified under the expert guidance of members of the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group.
Meet: Woodland Gate display area (behind Tourist Information Centre)
Cost: Free drop in session - come and see us anytime between 2pm & 4pm.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Amazing Art with Autumn Colour
Tuesday 27th October 2009
10.30am - 12.00noon
Enjoy a fun family walk around Queenswood with Ranger Jim Key and local artist Lisa Pendlebury collecting fallen materials as you go, and then stop to capture a moment in time and create a spectacular piece of art with autumn colour on a giant scale! This is a day to get stuck in - there is ART to be made!
Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear for the time of year.
Distance: 1 mile
Meet: Outside Queenswood Tourist Information Centre
Cost: £2.00 per child, booking is essential. Please contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children to be accompanied by an adult.
Nature Play Rangers - Spooky Halloween Fun
Thursday 29th October 2009
Two sessions: 11am - 12.30pm and 1pm - 2.30pm
Join the Nature Play Rangers: We're going spooky for halloween!
Walk the haunted trail and prepare yourself for HALLOWEEN!...
Please wear sensible shoes and clothing as this activity will take place outdoors. Please consider sun protection in hot weather.
Meet: Autumn Garden
Cost: Free but booking is essential to help us manage numbers contact Queenswood Tourist Information Centre Tel: 01568 797842
All children must be accompanied by an adult
Fairytale Fungi
Saturday 14th November 2009
10am - 12.30pm
Join the experienced members of the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group on this exploration of the diverse range of fungi around the arboretum and woodlands. Suitable for new and experienced forayers. Dogs on lead at all times. Not fully accessible for mobility impaired due to "off path" foraying. Suitable for children over 12 years only.
Meet: Behind Tourist Information Centre
Cost: Adults £2.00, Children (over 12 years only) free.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Fungus Identification Session
Saturday 14th November 2009
2pm-4pm
Display of fungi collected during the morning survey also bring your own fungi along to get them identified under the expert guidance of members of the Herefordshire Fungus Survey Group.
Meet: Woodland Gate display area (behind Tourist Information Centre)
Cost: Free drop in session - come and see us anytime between 2pm & 4pm.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
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