Abbeymead Contour Park
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.84440, -2.19841
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 262m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 262m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +80 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Pea-leaf Weevil +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Upton Lanepublic footpath · 59 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 59 mPath type: service
102 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Gloucester, Abbeymead: Abbeymead Road
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Wildlife to spot
80,583 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
80,583 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +33
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TealAnas crecca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Pea-leaf Weevil · Eristalis similis · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +2
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Eristalis similisEristalis similis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
80,583 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blue Tit · Black-headed Gull +33
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- TealAnas crecca
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Pea-leaf Weevil · Eristalis similis · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Scathophaga stercoraria +2
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Eristalis similisEristalis similis
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata