A Roman Camp in Banwell Woods
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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.32489, -2.85836
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Nuthatch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Nuthatch
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Goldfinch +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Goldfinch +68 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Western Honey Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Migrant Hawker +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Cingroen · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
Hutton Millenium WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HMWLocal walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Two Rivers WayWalking route32 km▾
Congresbury to Keynsham
Named routeRef 2RWLength 32 kmRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Weston-super-Mare CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 26Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
23,943 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Robin · Swallow · Blackbird · Redwing +34
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Heteromyza · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- HeteromyzaHeteromyza
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Shepherd's-purse · Holly · False-brome · Beech · Creeping Thistle +79
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Robin · Swallow · Blackbird · Redwing +34
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle · Eurasian Serotine
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
🐝Insects7 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Heteromyza · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird +2
- HeteromyzaHeteromyza
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Shepherd's-purse · Holly · False-brome · Beech · Creeping Thistle +79
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvaticaLarge BindweedCalystegia silvaticaVervainVerbena officinalisVervainVerbena officinalisBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWayfaring-treeViburnum lantanaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusEnglish ElmUlmus proceraEnglish ElmUlmus proceraHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaBurnet-saxifragePimpinella saxifragaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWild PlumPrunus domesticaWild PlumPrunus domesticaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisAppleMalus domesticaAppleMalus domesticaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusCherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasusThale CressArabidopsis thalianaThale CressArabidopsis thalianaCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisCaper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyrisWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica