West Woods

West Woods, an ancient woodland just south of Marlborough in Wiltshire, is carpeted with bluebells in late spring. It carries a story too: research has linked the wood to 50 of the 52 sarsen stones at Stonehenge, so the paths run over the source of Britain's most famous monument. Forestry England looks after it, and it makes a calmer alternative to the big-name woods of the Chilterns, easy to pair with a stroll around Marlborough itself.