The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.28819, -2.62178
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
- 📍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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 13 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
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route33 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.8 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
28,828 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,828 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Robin · Great Black-backed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Wren +42
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WigeonMareca penelope
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
- Pterostichus oblongopunctatusPterostichus oblongopunctatus
Great Willowherb · Common Ragwort · Pendulous Sedge · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Bog Stitchwort +120
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,828 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Robin · Great Black-backed Gull · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Wren +42
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great TitParus major
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- TealAnas crecca
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WigeonMareca penelope
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
- Pterostichus oblongopunctatusPterostichus oblongopunctatus
Great Willowherb · Common Ragwort · Pendulous Sedge · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Bog Stitchwort +120
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- WoodruffGalium odoratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas