Twerton Wood - Broadleaved woodland 12 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 12 ha
Places › England › South West › Bath and North East Somerset Getting here
51.38437, -2.41044
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 on site — 20 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 on site — 20 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 4
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 80 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Bath Skyline Walk Walking route 9.6 km ▾
An elevated clockwise circular with panoramic views of the Bath landscape. The contrast of the city, so close to this rural haven, has earned the area World Heritage Site status. Roads, surfaced paths, steep hills, a rocky uneven section, steps & a stile.
Named route Ref BS Length 9.6 km Duration 03:30-04:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Limestone Link Walking route 58 km ▾
Named route Ref LL Length 58 km Regional walking route
Show on map Kennet and Avon Canal Trail Walking route 140 km ▾
Rivers linked by a canal. The name refers to the entire navigable length. From Bristol the way is the Avon. The canal is from Bath to Newbury. From there to Reading the way is the Kennet. 53 locks to Summit Pound (150 m asl) and 54 down to Reading.
Named route Ref K&A Length 140 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Pennyquick View public footpath · 103 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 103 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Pennyquick View public footpath · 91 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 91 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path public footpath · 11 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 11 m Surface asphalt Path type: cycleway
Show on map 104 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bath Two Tunnels Circuit Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 24 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 24 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bristol & Bath Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref B&BRP Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Colliers Way Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Tower at Twerton Railway Tunnel
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Wildlife to spot
74,238 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 74,238 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly +25
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Batman Hoverfly Thorn-apple · Common Feather-moss · Musk-mallow · Wild Carrot · Creeping Thistle +3
Thorn-apple Datura stramonium2025 Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Musk-mallow Malva moschata2025 Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Silverweed Potentilla anserina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 74,238 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +36
Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Dark Bush-cricket · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly +25
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025 Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Batman Hoverfly Thorn-apple · Common Feather-moss · Musk-mallow · Wild Carrot · Creeping Thistle +3
Thorn-apple Datura stramonium2025 Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Musk-mallow Malva moschata2025 Wild Carrot Daucus carota subsp. carota2025 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Silverweed Potentilla anserina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Myathropa florea2025
Myathropa florea2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Stenagostus rhombeus Stenagostus rhombeus
Stenagostus rhombeus Stenagostus rhombeus
Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea
Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2025
Valenzuela flavidus Valenzuela flavidus2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Churchyard Beetle Blaps mucronata2025
Churchyard Beetle Blaps mucronata2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2025
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis2025
Sitona suturalis Sitona suturalis2025
Sitona suturalis Sitona suturalis2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Rugged Oil-beetle Meloe rugosus2025
Rugged Oil-beetle Meloe rugosus2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2025
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus2025
Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Chrysotoxum verralli Chrysotoxum verralli2025
Chrysotoxum verralli Chrysotoxum verralli2025 2025
2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025
Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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