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Parkhill Inclosure - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland17 ha

📷 Stuart Wilding · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome17 ha

Getting here

51.75915, -2.55774

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Highmeadow TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mallards Pike LinkCycling route

Named 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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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

AditMountain bike route

Named route

Elephant ManMountain bike route

Named route

Y2KMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

39,516 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

39,516 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +34

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Abax parallelepipedus

Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

39,516 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +34

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Abax parallelepipedus

Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Stuart Wilding · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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