Broadleaved woodland near Battledown
3 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.90530, -2.04067
Open directionsv
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 251m 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 251m 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 · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Corndean Lane to Guiting Power)Walking route6.9 km▾
Named routeLength 6.9 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
35,653 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,653 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Common Gull · Herring Gull +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Agriotes obscurus +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,653 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Common Gull · Herring Gull +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Agriotes obscurus +47
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
- Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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