Broadleaved woodland near Soldon Cross
20 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
50.85184, -4.39418
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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
- 📍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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
23 signed routes nearby
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Route (3)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (3)Local cycle route
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route197 m▾
Named routeLength 197 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route316 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 316 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
3,118 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,118 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Chaffinch +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2026▾
Azure Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +19
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Heath Spotted-orchid · Japanese Knotweed
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,118 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Chaffinch +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- CootFulica atra2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Anas platyrhynchos xAnas platyrhynchos x2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Grass Snake · Common Lizard
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2023
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects24 species
springsummer
2026▾
Azure Damselfly · White-legged Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +19
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
Heath Spotted-orchid · Japanese Knotweed
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas