Bridge Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland30 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
50.51594, -4.72422
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 80m away — 2 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 80m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 3
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Farm TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FTLocal walking route
Camel TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef CAMPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route67 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 67 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route866 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 866 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route599 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 599 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,830 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,830 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Jay · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Goldcrest +36
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Shrew · Polecat
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- PolecatMustela putorius
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects32 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Black Clock · Dock Bug · Common Red Soldier Beetle +27
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,830 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummer
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Jay · Blue Tit · Nuthatch · Goldcrest +36
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2023▾
Common Shrew · Polecat
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- PolecatMustela putorius
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects32 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bloody-nosed Beetle · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Black Clock · Dock Bug · Common Red Soldier Beetle +27
- Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2024
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
