About the reserve

Pamber Forest comes alive in spring, with the melodious song of blackcaps and garden warblers overhead and carpets of flowers emerging from the forest floor, including daffodils, primroses and wood anemones. Also keep a look out for butterflies, bees, woodpeckers and deer – you may be lucky to enough to spot a fawn in late spring.

In the summer, cool off in the shady wet woodland of Upper Inhams Copse before emerging into open pasture where butterflies and dragonflies gather along the stream.

Our two-mile waymarked trail is the best way to plan your first visit and takes in the forest’s very best viewpoints. 

See if you can find your way to the ‘Donkey Tree’ – one of Pamber’s oldest trees at over 300 years old! It’s not the tallest but it is the widest. How many members of your family will you need to wrap your arms around its trunk?

Some paths can be muddy and unsuitable for pushchairs. Bring your wellies just in case!

Upper Inhams Copse to the east of Pamber Forest was bought by the Trust in 2001, following a gift in the Will of Gwen Talmey. Gwen made the donation in memory of her parents, Samuel Jesse Coakes and Elizabeth Verina Coakes.

Download the trail guide