Norchard Wood - Broadleaved woodland
19 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.74019, -2.54337
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
- 🅿️Public Carpark 335m away — 10 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
- 🅿️Public Carpark 335m away — 10 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 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Lynwood Roadpublic footpath · 54 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route305 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route502 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
13,224 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +47
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Red Wood Ant +5
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,224 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +47
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Cyanistes caeruleus obscurusCyanistes caeruleus obscurus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Violet Ground Beetle · Red Wood Ant +5
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas