Thistley Hill Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
16 ha
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
52.09021, -1.79166
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Cotswold Line Cycle Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold LinkWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRegional walking route
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle Route (under development)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Stratford-IlmingtonCycling route▾
Named routeRef SILocal cycle route
Stratford-WelfordCycling route▾
Named routeRef SWLocal cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Wonky barn on Thistley Hill
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Wildlife to spot
5,418 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,418 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Little Ringed Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Wigeon · Hawfinch +25
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🐝Insects33 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Meadow Brown · Large White · Small Heath · Small White · Speckled Wood +28
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,418 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Little Ringed Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Wigeon · Hawfinch +25
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
🐝Insects33 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Meadow Brown · Large White · Small Heath · Small White · Speckled Wood +28
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2025Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaBrown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024