Gloucester Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
20 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
52.41471, -2.23756
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 54
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 16 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
North Worcestershire PathWalking 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
Ribbesford Circular TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeRef RCTLength 2 kmLocal walking route
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route114 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
13,517 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,517 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird +40
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwiftApus apus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird +23
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,517 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird +40
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwiftApus apus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird +23
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaHalesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025PlectrocnemiaPlectrocnemia2025PlectrocnemiaPlectrocnemia2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025LimnephilusLimnephilus2025LimnephilusLimnephilus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Twin-spot CenturionSargus bipunctatus2025Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis2025Tipula fulvipennisTipula fulvipennis202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025Limnephilus flavicornisLimnephilus flavicornis2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025