Popular wood near Crossgar closes for Spring spruce up
Glasswater Wood near Crossgar, will close this spring for four weeks to receive a spruce up of its car park and walking trails.
The popular County Down spot will close from Monday 27th April and reopen Tuesday 26 May.
During this time there will be no public access to the car park or the woodland as improvements are made to the car park surface and the trails.
Woodland Trust Northern Ireland’s Estate and Projects Manager Dave Scott commented: “We are delighted that Glasswater Wood is so popular with local visitors especially dog walkers, but this brings its own issues for us as a charity.
“With over 100,000 visitors each year, this inevitably leads to degradation of the car park and trails which we must fix.
“Unfortunately, some visitors have also created a significant dog fouling problem within the wood, and we hope this temporary closure will give the woodland a chance to recover from this while we improve the car park and trail infrastructure.
“We’d like to remind all our visitors to pick up after their dogs when visiting Glasswater Wood… we pay for a dog bin for this purpose at the entrance.”
Glasswater Wood has over 5 hectares of beautiful native woodland and was upgraded in 2022 by the Woodland Trust Northern Ireland with provision of a new car park and an upgrade of the walking trails.
