Stanley Mount Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.96418, -1.99314
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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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
24,344 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
24,344 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Robin · Magpie +39
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
Hedgehog · Mole · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Long-eared Bat species +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2021
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2023▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dotted Bee-fly · Common Darter +7
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Common Pine Combhorn
Cock's-foot · Sheep's Sorrel · Common Bent · Bearded Couch · Common Nettle +24
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2020
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2020
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2020
- Bearded CouchElymus caninus2020
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2020
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,344 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Swift · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Robin · Magpie +39
- SwiftApus apus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
Hedgehog · Mole · Rabbit · Brown Long-eared Bat · Long-eared Bat species +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2021
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2021
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2023▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2021
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dotted Bee-fly · Common Darter +7
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Common Pine Combhorn
Cock's-foot · Sheep's Sorrel · Common Bent · Bearded Couch · Common Nettle +24
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2020
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2020
- Common BentAgrostis capillaris2020
- Bearded CouchElymus caninus2020
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2020
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Diprion pini2023
Diprion pini2023
SyrphusSyrphus2023SyrphusSyrphus2023Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021BumblebeeBombus2021BumblebeeBombus2021Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2020Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator20202020
2020
American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanusAmerican Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanusHogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020Common VetchVicia sativa2020Common VetchVicia sativa2020Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2020Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2020Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2020Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2020Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2020Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2020Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2020Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020BrambleRubus fruticosus2020BrambleRubus fruticosus2020Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2020Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2020Greater PlantainPlantago major2020Greater PlantainPlantago major2020Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2020Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2020Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2020Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2020GorseUlex europaeus2020GorseUlex europaeus2020Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2020Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2020Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020Red CloverTrifolium pratense2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2020Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2020Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2020Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2020Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2020Common CouchElymus repens2020Common CouchElymus repens2020Corn MintMentha arvensis2020Corn MintMentha arvensis2020Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2020Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2020Events & activities nearby
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