Gibbet Hill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.39264, -1.55402
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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
74 signed routes nearby
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Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
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Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
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Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
20,439 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,439 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Blue Tit +20
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- BatChiroptera
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Volucella inanis · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +57
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Water Bent · Polygonatum
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- PolygonatumPolygonatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,439 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Canada Goose · Blue Tit +20
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- BatChiroptera
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Volucella inanis · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +57
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Water Bent · Polygonatum
- Water BentPolypogon viridis
- PolygonatumPolygonatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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