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🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.45748, -1.96447
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wessex RidgewayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WRRegional walking route
White Horse TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef WHTRegional walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 403Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 403National Cycle Network
Wiltshire Cycleway, Pewsey ValeCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route109 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 109 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route746 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 746 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route145 m▾
Named routeRef 403Length 145 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wessex Ridgeway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeListed length 207km
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,697 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,697 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Caspian Gull · Whitethroat · Common Gull +7
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
Badger · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Otter · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Face Fly · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Byturus ochraceus +23
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Byturus ochraceusByturus ochraceus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Brown Hawker
🌿Plants39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pyramidal Orchid · Forked Veilwort · Wild Teasel · Red Campion · Himalayan Balsam +34
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,697 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHerring Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Caspian Gull · Whitethroat · Common Gull +7
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
Badger · Rabbit · Brown Hare · Otter · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Toad
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Face Fly · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Byturus ochraceus +23
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Byturus ochraceusByturus ochraceus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
- Brown Hawker
🌿Plants39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Pyramidal Orchid · Forked Veilwort · Wild Teasel · Red Campion · Himalayan Balsam +34
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis2023
Aeshna grandis2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumOak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinumMallota cimbiciformisMallota cimbiciformisMallota cimbiciformisMallota cimbiciformisWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaCheilosiaEupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2024Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum2024Leucozona lucorumLeucozona lucorum202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202322-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2023Suillia variegataSuillia variegata2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2023Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2023Spear Thistle
Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare2024
Cirsium vulgare2024
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota2024Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2025Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2025Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2025BugleAjuga reptans2025BugleAjuga reptans2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2025Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2025Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023DogwoodCornus sanguinea2023BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2023BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum2023Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023HazelCorylus avellana2023HazelCorylus avellana2023Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023RowanSorbus aucuparia2023Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2023Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2023Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2023Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023