Bowd Lane Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland16 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
52.47204, -0.81352
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,404 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,404 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Rook · Blue Tit · Magpie · Goldcrest +9
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Oyster Mushroom
- Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Bristly Oxtongue · False Oat-grass · Bramble +117
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,404 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Rook · Blue Tit · Magpie · Goldcrest +9
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Oyster Mushroom
- Oyster MushroomPleurotus ostreatus
Common Nettle · Blackthorn · Bristly Oxtongue · False Oat-grass · Bramble +117
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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