The Withybed - Woodland
4 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.61360, -2.40896
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
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Little Avon CircuitWalking route1.5 km▾
Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef WGR2Length 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Stanley WalkWalking route1 km▾
The easiest walk. Follows attractive woodland rides, largely level and on grass.
Named routeLength 1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 1Walking route12.1 km▾
Named routeRef WGR1Length 12.1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
4,850 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Chiffchaff · Wren +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Myotis Bat species +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
24-spot Ladybird · Green Nettle Weevil · Hornet · Hairy Shieldbug · Plagiodera versicolora +15
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
- HornetVespa crabro2023
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2024
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilis · Beech · White Dead-nettle · Bramble · Rubus ulmifolius +27
- Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Chiffchaff · Wren +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RavenCorvus corax
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Myotis Bat species +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
24-spot Ladybird · Green Nettle Weevil · Hornet · Hairy Shieldbug · Plagiodera versicolora +15
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2024
- Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius pomaceus2024
- HornetVespa crabro2023
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2024
Ficaria verna subsp. fertilis · Beech · White Dead-nettle · Bramble · Rubus ulmifolius +27
- Ficaria verna subsp. fertilisFicaria verna subsp. fertilis
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Rubus ulmifoliusRubus ulmifolius
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhinolophus hipposideros
Rhinolophus hipposideros
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus2023Lesser Stag Beetle
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2024Hypera rumicisHypera rumicis2024Hypera rumicisHypera rumicis2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202416-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2024Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024MelanostomaMelanostoma2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2024Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseViola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbisViola odorata var. imberbisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendriumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellina