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Banwell Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.34025, -2.85415

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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
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects

Free

Wildlife

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Two Rivers WayWalking route32 km

Congresbury to Keynsham

Named routeRef 2RWLength 32 kmRegional walking route
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
Round Yatton WalkWalking route
Named routeRef RYWLocal walking route
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Cycling

57 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 33Cycling route
Named routeRef 33National Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 26Cycling route
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Pier to Pier WayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Weston-super-Mare CycleCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km
Named routeRef 26Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths
Nye Drovebridleway · 314 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 314 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Nye Drovebridleway · 515 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 515 mSurface grassPath type: track
Nye Drovebridleway · 198 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 198 mSurface grassPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

River Banwell

📷 Roger Cornfoot · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Banwell

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🐄Puxton ParkVisitor farm2.6 km→🌱Parkland ArboretumUrban park3.4 km→🌱Plumley ParkUrban park4.6 km→🐄Court Farm Country ParkVisitor farm1.8 km→🦉CHEDDAR VALLEY RAILWAY WALKNature reserve2.2 km→✦Dolebury Camp: a large univallate hillfort and associated and later earthworks on Dolebury WarrenHistoric site4.8 km→

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