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Bearse Common

✦ Ancient woodland21 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome21 ha

Getting here

51.75190, -2.62327

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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
  • 🌿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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025; Birds — House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Great Scented Liverwort, Creeping Feather-moss +120 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Comma, Austrolimnophila ochracea, Lipsothrix remota +49 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Comma, Austrolimnophila ochracea, Lipsothrix remota +49 more · last seen 2019

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Common Threadwort, Conocephalum salebrosum

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route305 m
Named routeRef 42Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route502 m
Named routeRef 42Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route810 m
Named routeRef 42Length 810 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bearse Barn

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bearse Barn

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱2nd Lawdley Road parkUrban park4.2 km→🌱Bells FieldUrban park4.7 km→🌱Millennium GreenUrban park5 km→✦Offa's Dyke: section in Wyeseal Wood, 600m north of Gumbers Land BarnHistoric site2.6 km→✦Offa's Dyke: section in St Margaret's Grove, 170m north east of Gumbers Land BarnHistoric site2.7 km→🌱Whitemead Forest ParkUrban park4.2 km→

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