Compton Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.30819, -2.65696
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 3
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 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
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Three Peaks WalkWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRound tripLocal walking route
14 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
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 3Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Villice Lanebyway open to all traffic · 427 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 427 mPath type: track
Photos
View towards Compton Martin and Chew Valley lake
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Wildlife to spot
28,389 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,389 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Marsh Tit · Greenfinch · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +42
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- 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
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WigeonMareca penelope
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Primrose · Smooth Hawk's-beard · Guelder-rose · Great Willowherb · Shepherd's-purse +116
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,389 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Marsh Tit · Greenfinch · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +42
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- 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
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WigeonMareca penelope
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PochardAythya ferina
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Primrose · Smooth Hawk's-beard · Guelder-rose · Great Willowherb · Shepherd's-purse +116
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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