The Pastershuyzekensbos is part of the Keigatbos, but the walking path doesn't connect it to the rest of the larger forest.
On the single loop (no side paths), you clearly walk through three blocks: a dominant deciduous forest on the street side, behind that a former meadow where four thousand young trees were planted in 2018, and then a forest consisting mainly of pine. In this fern-rich forest, you make a right-hand turn through the other two blocks.
These three blocks have their own unique appearance, character, and atmosphere. The first block, however, stands head and shoulders above the rest: the monumental beech trees literally dominate the forest. The central earthen wall is the relic of a sixteenth-century field pond. In the eighteenth century, the pond fell into disuse, and the striking elongated borders were constructed to allow trees to be grown on the higher, dry areas. The name "Pastershuyzekens" was certainly in use in the nineteenth century for the houses on Sint-Jansstraat, perhaps referring to the Bruges St. John's Hospital.
In the woods, wood carvings of animals can be found here and there (all but one).
Sources: information board on site and lievegem.be