Limehill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.92685, -1.93002
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
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km14 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,457 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Pheasant · Barn Owl · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Kestrel +38
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Marbled White · Essex Skipper +5
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,457 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Pheasant · Barn Owl · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Kestrel +38
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Marbled White · Essex Skipper +5
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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