Richard's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.85514, -2.25873
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 41
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional 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
Geology TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
100 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
42,840 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,840 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chiffchaff · Redwing · Magpie · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +46
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🐝Insects7 species
springwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pied Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Loosestrife Weevil · 16-spot Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Parent Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,840 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Chiffchaff · Redwing · Magpie · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +46
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🐝Insects7 species
springwinter
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Pied Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Loosestrife Weevil · 16-spot Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Loosestrife WeevilNanophyes marmoratus
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
- Parent Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Elasmucha grisea2025
Elasmucha grisea2025
Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025Events & activities nearby
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