Alderdown Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.49448, -2.63462
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 nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
National Cycle Network traffic-free route nearby (NCN 4)
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 15 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
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
Canford Lanepublic footpath · 70 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 70 mPath type: residential
208 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
Filwood GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FGLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nova TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
59,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
59,870 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Helina evecta · Trioza centranthi · Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens · Varied Carpet Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket +3
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Dark Bush-cricket
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,870 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Helina evecta · Trioza centranthi · Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens · Varied Carpet Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket +3
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Dark Bush-cricket
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Events & activities nearby
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