Ratby, Burroughs Road
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Burroughs Lane starts in the centre of Ratby, between the primary school and the Red Bull pub.
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This quiet country lane offers a lovely walk into the National Forest, with rolling hills, new woodland and a historic landscape around you. The lane only offers access to a few houses but there is a very small car park at Burroughs Wood. At the end of the lane there is a tarmac cycle path that weaves its way to Thornton Reservoir. It is just possible to glimpse Bury Camp, a large Iron Age settlement, now on private land about 150 metres from the road.
The mixed hedgerows, interspersed with mature oak trees, offer good habitat for birds and insects. Yellowhammer, Goldfinch and House Sparrow are common. Burrough Brook crosses the road (creating a shallow ford) and then weaves through Wirlybones Wood.
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