Woodland country. Hockley Woods is a large ancient wood twenty minutes from the station, and the village still has the pump room from its brief life as a Victorian spa.
An Italianate pump room by James Lockyer, finished in 1842 after a medicinal spring was found here. The spa never took off. The Grade II listed building is now private, so admire it from Spa Road. The Spa pub nearby is by the same architect.
Private building. View from the street.
Ancient woodland with waymarked trails and broad rides, lovely in bluebell season and in autumn colour. The main entrance is on Main Road beside The Bull, a pub that makes a natural lunch stop.
Open at all times.
Quieter woodland south of Hockley Woods, reached on footpaths across the fields. Easiest as an extension of a walk through Hockley Woods.
Open at all times.