The Small Barn at Bull’s Elms Wood

Follow the footpath, keeping the hedge on your left, heading towards the small barn in front of some trees. There is a small red arrow / route marker on the right of the barn.

The woodland behind the barn has been known as Bull’s Elms Wood for at least 150 years. However, in 1839 it was known as Thornhill, and the wooded area was much smaller. The field names in the 1839 Tithe Schedule were often descriptive of the type of land; for example, several of the fields had ‘clay’ in their names, such as Great Clay, Small Clay and Clay Furlong.

Bull’s Elms woodland has bluebells in it in April / May which you can see from the track. But note that it is not a public woodland.

The photos show a sequence from here to the next point on the trail.