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Ashwater Wood

✦ Ancient woodland20 ha

📷 Jon Coupland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

50.72847, -4.28850

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Parmeliella thriptophylla, Ricasolia virens, Phaeographis lyellii +90 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Parmeliella thriptophylla, Ricasolia virens, Phaeographis lyellii +90 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Hawthorn, Hogweed +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Marsh-bedstraw, Moschatel, Wood Dock +86 more · last seen 2013

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Speckled Wood +40 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Red Admiral, Small White, Speckled Wood +40 more · last seen 2021

Free

Wildlife to spot

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Ashwater Wood

📷 Jon Coupland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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