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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome 11 ha
Getting here
51.44109, -2.56697
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About ARNOS VALE CEMETERY Arnos Vale Cemetery, in Arnos Vale, Bristol, England, was established in 1837. Its first burial was in 1839. The cemetery followed a joint-stock model, funded by shareholders.
Read more on Wikipedia → Cemetery Grade II* listed park and garden
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Magpie ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Magpie ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, 22-spot Ladybird +95 more · last seen 2026
Free
Grade II* listed building: NONCONFORMIST MORTUARY CHAPEL, ARNOS VALE CEMETERY; Historic site
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Severn Way (3) Worcester to Bristol Walking route 153 km ▾
Named route Ref SW (3) Length 153 km Regional walking route
Show on map Frome Valley Walkway Walking route 29 km ▾
Named route Ref FVW Length 29 km Local walking route
Show on map Leigh Woods Woodland Wander, Leigh Woods Walking route 1.6 km ▾
Pass the natural play area & walk through beautiful woodland with rare & veteran trees as well as grassland. Stokeleigh Camp hillfort is perched on the edge of the Avon Gorge, with dramatic views along the river. Some seasonally muddy / rocky sections.
Named route Length 1.6 km Duration 00:30-00:45 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Bristol Triangular City Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 241 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Concorde Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref CW Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Downs Quietway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map Whitchurch Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nova Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos SW corner of Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol
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Wildlife to spot
87,693 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 87,693 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +32
Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird +6
Pachyrhinus lethierryi Pachyrhinus lethierryi Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Chinese Bramble
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 87,693 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +32
Great Tit Parus major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Pachyrhinus lethierryi · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird +6
Pachyrhinus lethierryi Pachyrhinus lethierryi Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Trioza centranthi Trioza centranthi 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Chinese Bramble
Chinese Bramble Rubus tricolor Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Lindbergina aurovittata Lindbergina aurovittata2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025 