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Holford · National Trust

Shervage Wood

Our verdict

Dragon legends, sessile oaks and a stiff climb to Danesborough fort. The Quantocks at their most storied.

Ancient oak woodland above Holford, home of the legendary Gurt Worm and some genuinely huge old trees.

Where it is