Visit Michaelswood

Entrance to the woodland is through a rustic archway, which is adorned with an attractive and artistic woodland sign announcing the woodland’s name, Michaelswood. A little further down the trail is the Teddy Bears Picnic Site. This secluded site nestles within a grove of Rosa Rugosa where it contains a miniature picnic table, and some objects to enigmatically suggest the presence of bears. Other facilities to entertain the young consist of a small playhouse and Captain Blackbeard’s ship. Both the playhouse and the pirate ship are designed to stimulate young brains in an imaginative way and are sited adjacent to a picnic site where adults can sit and enjoy al fresco food, but at the same time keep a watchful eye on young children. The skull and crossbones flag, the authentic steering wheel and a cosy little foc’sle head on the ship are enough stimulation to create a real blood-thirsty pirate adventure that could last a whole afternoon.