Barn Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.48320, -2.54155
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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 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
The DramwayWalking route15 km▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Alexandra Parkpublic footpath · 21 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 21 mPath type: unclassified
235 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Malago GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef MGWLocal cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
Festival WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FWLocal cycle route
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North windows of the chapel
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Wildlife to spot
130,735 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
130,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKingfisher · Robin · Mallard · Mute Swan · Great Spotted Woodpecker +36
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Scathophaga stercoraria · Aphodius fimetarius · Green Shieldbug · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Cheilosia grossa +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Aphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetarius
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
130,735 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKingfisher · Robin · Mallard · Mute Swan · Great Spotted Woodpecker +36
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Scathophaga stercoraria · Aphodius fimetarius · Green Shieldbug · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus · Cheilosia grossa +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Aphodius fimetariusAphodius fimetarius
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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