Rockwell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.51168, -2.50156
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 67m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 67m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km▾
Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal 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
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Concorde WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route
Yate SpurCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Avon Wiltshire Cycle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Yate LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Church Lanebridleway · 152 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 152 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Church Lanebridleway · 85 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 85 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
30,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
30,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird +10
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
30,063 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Eristalis pertinax · Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird +10
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Platycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalarePlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusPlatycheirusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusBibio lanigerusEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataZygina angustaZygina angustaZygina angustaZygina angustaTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brinckiTrichopsocus brincki