🌱 Urban park

Beechenhurst Lodge

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

51.80637, -2.56184

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7 activities

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 42

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Picnic day out

Good match

Urban park — open green space

Free

Mountain biking

Good match

Named MTB route nearby: Verderers

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾

Named routeLocal walking route

Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾

Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route

Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾

Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route

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Cycling

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾

Named route

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Symond's Yat RockCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾

Named route

Hicksters Way LoopCycling route▾

Shorter alternative return route to Cannop Cycle Centre or Beechenhurst than following the Family Cycle Trail

Named routeLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

VerderersMountain bike route▾

Named route

FreeminersMountain bike route▾

Named route

Ski RunMountain bike route▾

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Mr RootyMountain bike route▾

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CountdownMountain bike route▾

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Push up routeMountain bike route▾

Named route

About this urban park

Beechenhurst Lodge is a urban park.

Wildlife to spot

28,183 records from NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,183 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds50 species recorded

Dipper · Coot · Fieldfare

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Mammals1 species recorded

Grey Squirrel

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

28,183 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds50 species recorded

Dipper · Coot · Fieldfare

🦌

Mammals1 species recorded

Grey Squirrel

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beechenhurst Lodge

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Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beechenhurst Lodge

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Visiting this spring

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

🌱 Visiting this spring

🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best