Melsome Wood

This distant and hilltop view of Melsome Wood was taken from the junction where Friday Street and Lye Common road meet east of Christian Malford.

The large deciduous woodland area blankets the escarpment west of the Lyneham airfield.

The falling hillside woods on the most western side of the airbase drops from approximately 145m down to 65m and covers about 3 square kilometres of land. Melsome Wood hillside looks out west towards Christian Malford and the main Paddington to Bristol rail link.