Lower Arles Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.09577, -2.29150
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Worcester to Malvern)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Geopark Way (Colwall Link)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Wood Streetpublic footpath · 74 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 74 mPath type: bridleway
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Malvern LCN Route 9Cycling route▾
Malvern Link Station to Pickersleigh Avenue shops
Named routeRef 9Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
Malvern LCN Route 10Cycling route▾
Malvern Retail Park to Pickersleigh Avenue
Named routeRef 10Point-to-pointLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 46Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
N/ACycling route76 m▾
Named routeLength 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route185 m▾
Named routeLength 185 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Malvern Hills Long Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route18.8 km▾
Named routeLength 18.8 kmRound trip
Malvern Hills Short Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route5.6 km▾
Named routeLength 5.6 kmRound trip
Malvern Hills Medium Mountain Bike TrailMountain bike route8.7 km▾
Named routeLength 8.7 kmRound trip
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Wood Streetbridleway · 1.6 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.6 kmPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
21,594 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
21,594 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blackcap +39
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Syrphus · Halesus digitatus +31
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2024
- Limnephilus lunatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,594 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Blackcap +39
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwiftApus apus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2024
- Corvus corax coraxCorvus corax corax2024
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2024
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Small White · Large White · Syrphus · Halesus digitatus +31
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Halesus digitatusHalesus digitatus2024
- Limnephilus lunatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Limnephilus lunatus2024
Limnephilus lunatus2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2024Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctumSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCeratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordiCeratapion onopordiGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataSilver FishLepisma saccharinum2024Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2024Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202422-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2024Events & activities nearby
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