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Bewdley. Walk up Load Street, turn right after the church then go left up Welch Gate. Fork right at Wyre Hill, continue past Bark Hill then take a stepped footpath by Daisy Cottage. Ignore branching paths and go straight on after crossing a street. Turn right when you come to Yew Tree Lane, then immediately left at a crossroad. Keep straight on to join Drymill Lane and follow it to Dowles Brook. Turn left, then fork right at the next junction and cross the brook. Quite soon after passing Knowles Mill you’ll see a concrete track climbing right. Continue past this for another 100m or so...

Encroachment by trees and bracken has removed almost all of the open ground vital to heathland plants and animals at Pound Green Common WYRE Forest's only remaining medieval common will be restored as a thriving heathland for wildlife as a major project gets under way next month. The work at Pound Green Common, due to start in February, will see contractors restore parts of the area to a more open landscape by removing some trees, gorse and bracken to allow sunlight to reach the floor. Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, which owns the site, says the work will enable heather and other acid-l...