Rockwell Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.51633, -2.49641
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 439m away — 4 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 439m away — 4 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
Named hiking route nearby: Community Forest Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 28 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
Frome Valley Walkwaypublic footpath · 899 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 899 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
95 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
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Wildlife to spot
31,696 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,696 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects8 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid · Syrphus · Hairy Shieldbug +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 16-spot Ladybird
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,696 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +42
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects8 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · 7-spot Ladybird · Large Willow Aphid · Syrphus · Hairy Shieldbug +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 16-spot Ladybird
Grey-cushioned Grimmia
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Zygina angustaZygina angustaZygina angustaZygina angustaMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025