Kingsford Country Park

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Kingsford National Trust Worcestershire, England, U.K. is owned and managed by National Trust ‘Kinver Edge and The Rock Houses’ under the NT Shropshire portfolio, it is the southern half of the Kinver Edge escarpment. The historically open heathland area was traditionally known as Blakeshall Common.

The area contains a number of sandstone geological features like Vales Rock, with its layers of rock cut dwellings that were formerly inhabited for many centuries. The Worcestershire area of the NT escarpment covers 200 acres of the full 600 acres that spans two counties, consisting mainly of man planted, post war, pine crop and native broadleaf woodland with pockets of rare ancient heathland under restoration. The free to access area stretches over a terrain of undulating hillside with steep cliffs below the escarpment and more gentle sloped areas above it.

There are numerous sandy paths, a number of which are route marked individual or shared use trails, for walkers, horse riders and mountain bikers. Some areas visitors are requested to keep dogs on leads to protect ground nesting birds during nesting season. Longhorn cattle are often in residence as part of the ongoing heathland restoration...