Cockshoot Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland82 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome82 ha
Getting here
51.76927, -2.51712
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 nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Salmon WayWalking route▾
Named routeArlingham paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
13 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
Hicksters Way LoopCycling route▾
Shorter alternative return route to Cannop Cycle Centre or Beechenhurst than following the Family Cycle Trail
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family skills route (moderate)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
23,551 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,551 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Greylag Goose · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Broad-bodied Chaser +7
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Minotaur Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,551 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Greylag Goose · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow +47
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Broad-bodied Chaser +7
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Minotaur Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Typhaeus typhoeus
Typhaeus typhoeus
Deer KedLipoptena cerviDeer KedLipoptena cerviDor BeetleGeotrupes stercorariusDor BeetleGeotrupes stercorariusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris