Another site that is within a 15min drive from us and one we have visited frequently over the years. The site is a favorite for dog walkers put they usually stay on the main paths so thats not a problem. There are three waymarked paths around the common one which takes in the site of an WW2 Bomber Airfield built on the common but now all thats left is some bomb bays for you to explore
Skipwith Common is a National Nature Reserve and a Special Area of Conservation. The site is in excess of 600 acres of roughly 50% lowland heath and 50% woodland. Two types of heather are present and re-inhabiting the freshly cleared areas. Areas of swamp and mire, home to rare flora and fauna in which sphagnum moss is in evidence, together with fen and reed-beds, ponds, rushy areas and grass-land. An ancient breed of longhorn cattle, wild and hardy Hebridean sheep and Exmoor ponies plus a herd of wild fallow and roe deer now graze the Common and help to prevent silver birch regeneration.