A very mixed area – three discrete settlements – Ruardean Hill, Drybrook and Harrow Hill - with forest South and East, and farmland to the North and North West. There are limited routes through the latter, but there is a good path network in the woods; the woods are fairly overgrown, as are quite a few of the footpaths on Ruardean Hill, so shortcuts through the woods will very rarely be worthwhile, and impassable footpaths will be marked as such on your maps. However, some of these may improve for a winter run.
Parking small gravel car park or grass verges at Pan Tod Beacon, GL17 9AW – the highest point in the Forest of Dean.Start At the Beacon itselfTerrain Mixed. Three villages linked by farmland and woodland paths