Ashenbury Park — Attraction in Woodley

If you enjoy the perception of walking on grass only to find your shoe buried deep in mud, this is the place to be. You get to learn where the soft spots are after a few visits. I usually walk around the park 3 times along the edges resulting in a distance of about 4.5 miles. That takes me about an hour and a half and I'm a casual walker. Lots of space to be alone, it's popular for people walking their dogs as well. There's a car park on the side and it's free and is never busy.

There are these little islands of trees with paths through them dotted around the park, that make the walks more exciting.

On the southern end of the park, there's a larger bit of forest with wide paths and a brook running through it and joining the Old River in the eastern direction.

Great view at the top of the hill and...

Ashenbury Park is a lovely large well maintained park with small pockets of wooded areas. There are a series of grass cut paths all around. The path along the gravel stream through the wood is very well maintained & not muddy. It must be at least a mile in length. Nice a quiet, clean, popular for dog walking & people who want to get out into the fresh air for some peace & down time. Plenty of rubbish bins with a large car park. I only saw one bench to sit on. I wish I had found this jewel if a park many years ago. There are a few muddy & boggy patches but there is also a small stream on the Eastern edge where dogs can safely wash...

This time of year it is very wet and muddy. But the dogs loved it up there. Big open spaces to let your dog and of course yourself wander around and explore. There's even a beautiful lake and although I haven't gone all the way to the back of the park yet, it looks like there's a wooded area to be explored. If the kids don't want to walk then there is also a play park by the...