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Sir Joseph Banks Country Park

Westgate, Jenny's and Oak Woods

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The Country Park

Paths are mown through the meadow in summertime to allow access. Please keep dogs on leads to protect ground nesting birds, between March and July.

Two orienteering trails are marked out around the site, a maps are available here.

There is also a Trim Trail circuit between West End Road and Five House Lane.

Sir Joseph Banks Country Park comprises over 80 acres of woods and parkland. It stretches between West End Road, Wyberton and Old Hammond Beck Road, with central access from Five House Lane.

It includes the well established Westgate Wood and the younger Jenny's Wood and Oak Wood.

There is also a large wildflower meadow with several spinneys, ponds and two tree lined avenues. The shelter on the Lime Avenue is dedicated to Lincolnshire Road Victims.

The site is accessible to to all with over 4Km of all-weather paths around the site with additional informal and grass paths. There is ample seating from picnic sets and benches, to perch seats for a short rest.

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Car parks are available on:

West End Road. PE21 7LP

Five House Lane. PE20 1RY

Old Hammond Beck Road. PE20 1SA

Fenside Woods

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Beech Wood

The 23 acres of Beech Wood are made up of three sections. The established central section is predominately Beech Wood which has been seeded with bluebells and planted with daffodils. To the south is Pioneer Wood with its pond and small amphitheatre whilst the area on the north side is home to Beech Wood Green Burial.

There are also some wonderful chainsaw carvings and the children's play trail.

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There are two carparks for Beech Wood, at Pioneer Wood and at Green Burial.   PE21 8LA

Roadside parking is available for Grange Wood.  PE21 8JJ

Grange Wood

Grange Wood is our smallest wood, located close to residential housing on the north west side of Boston.

There is a circuit of all-weather paths making it easily accessible to all. In this area the woodland flowers have naturalised and the snowdrops do particularly well.

Dion's Wood Nature Reserve

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There is a car park on Willoughby Road     PE21 9HR    This is not open yet, please use temporary access along path before No.143

Pedestrian entry at Rowan Way               PE21 9DH

Pedestrian entry off Sibsey Road             PE21 9QY

Dion's Wood is the latest addition to the Boston Woods project. Located between Willoughby Road and the rear of Pilgrim hospital the 35 acres was  landscaped in 2021. By the end of 2022 nearly 17,000 trees and shrubs had been planted and areas of wild flowers seeded.

There are now 3km of paths which can be accessed from Willoughby Road, Rowan Way or Sibsey Road.

This area is designated as a Nature Reserve so NO DOGS are allowed and visitors are asked to kkeep to the paths.

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