Summerhouse Plantation

Directly above the mansion, Summerhouse Plantation is very close to the car parks on either side of the mansion.

Saxon Style Stonework If you drive, cycle or walk to the Estate by Kennel Lodge Road you pass this small saxon style piece of stonework when the road turns sharp left immediately before you reach the mansions car parks.

At the sharp turn a wide (gated) track continues up the hillside from Kennel Lodge Road.

This steep at times path runs along the east side of the plantation and through the red deer enclosure. With good views down of the red deer park and a small dew pond (photo above) as you climb.

The path runs up to and through another car park, which you can access from the Clifton Lodge entrance, then continues on up to the New Barn Wood. I must admit the felling has improved the view of the fattest oak below. its close to the mansion car parks and the photo was taken taken from this path.

History and Neighbours

Links on the history of Ashton Court and to its neighbours: Leigh Woods, the Avon Gorge, Clifton Suspension Bridge ...

The Fatest Oak The fattest oak in Ashton Court Estate, since the deer park boundaries moved its now fenced off from the main path.

Video: "A nice walk in Ashton Court" filmed and edited by Brais Celme in 2007.

Music: Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.

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