Limekiln Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.55607, -2.43417
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Little Avon CircuitWalking route1.5 km▾
Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal 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
Stanley WalkWalking route1 km▾
The easiest walk. Follows attractive woodland rides, largely level and on grass.
Named routeLength 1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yate Spur (planned)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Yate Spur (current)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Chipping Sodbury LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Yate LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
9,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2023
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2023
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Silver Fish +6
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Fringilla coelebs gengleriFringilla coelebs gengleri2023
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2023
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Common Frog
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Silver Fish +6
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Silver FishLepisma saccharinum2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricket
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema meridionale2025
Meconema meridionale2025
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024