Broadford Meadow Arboretum
10 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.92702, -2.41751
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 468m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 468m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Speckled Wood +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Geopark Way; Named hiking route nearby: Geopark Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Poets' Path No 1Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP1Length 8 kmLocal walking route
Daffodil WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef dafLocal walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Broadford Meadow Arboretum
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Wildlife to spot
9,927 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,927 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Migrant Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +9
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,927 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Migrant Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +9
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025