Abbots Wood - Woodland
0 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.40493, -2.51091
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 257m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 257m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Three Peaks WalkWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Two Rivers WayWalking route32 km▾
Congresbury to Keynsham
Named routeRef 2RWLength 32 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Orchid Drivepublic footpath · 40 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 40 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Lincoln Closepublic footpath · 85 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 85 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Lincoln Closepublic footpath · 81 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
83 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
Whitchurch WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Whitchurch WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
77,060 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
77,060 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Oedemera femoralis · Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker +1
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Bastard Cabbage · Field Penny-cress · Rosa corymbifera · Rubus tuberculatus · Hedge Mustard +27
- Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
- Rosa corymbiferaRosa corymbifera
- Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Black MustardBrassica nigra
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
77,060 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Picus viridis viridisPicus viridis viridis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2026▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Oedemera femoralis · Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker +1
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Red-eyed Damselfly
Bastard Cabbage · Field Penny-cress · Rosa corymbifera · Rubus tuberculatus · Hedge Mustard +27
- Bastard CabbageRapistrum rugosum
- Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
- Rosa corymbiferaRosa corymbifera
- Rubus tuberculatusRubus tuberculatus
- Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
- Black MustardBrassica nigra
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erythromma najas2025
Erythromma najas2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaSpindleEuonymus europaeusSpindleEuonymus europaeusCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusMexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianusSweet SpurgeEuphorbia dulcisSweet SpurgeEuphorbia dulcisCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumGarden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumFool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorumIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia