The Seven Woods Trail at Coole Park

The “Seven Woods Trail” is a 4.5km walk and connects the different woods made famous in poetry by W.B.Yeats. The walk leads you past a viewing point for Coole Lake and the great expanse of wetland. The trail then takes you deeper into the woodland and along the way, you will also pass remnants of the built heritage of Coole, such as the stable yard, stone walls first built in the 18th century and a limekiln. Depending on the season, you might spot bluebells, primroses and violets, jays and treecreepers, red squirrels and stoats, butterflies and dragonflies, or swans and other wetland birds.