Broadleaved woodland near Wickridge Street
12 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.93966, -2.29135
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Poets' Path No 1Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef PP1Length 8 kmLocal 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
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
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
2,854 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,854 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Wren · Robin +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Oedemera femoralis · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Darter · Tipula paludosa · Tipula confusa +32
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
- Tipula confusaTipula confusa2023
- Lygus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,854 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blackbird · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Wren · Robin +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2023
Badger · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects37 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Oedemera femoralis · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Darter · Tipula paludosa · Tipula confusa +32
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
- Tipula confusaTipula confusa2023
- Lygus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lygus pratensis
Lygus pratensis
Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum202316-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataPhysiphora alceaePhysiphora alceaePhysiphora alceaePhysiphora alceaeLedra auritaLedra auritaLedra auritaLedra auritaBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansCardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventrisNettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticaeNettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeBirch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedaeCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2024Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2024Shore Sexton BeetleNecrodes littoralis2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024LygusLygus2023LygusLygus2023Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2023Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2023Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2023Brachypera zoilusBrachypera zoilus2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2023HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2023Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Phryganea grandisPhryganea grandis2023Phryganea grandisPhryganea grandis2023Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2023