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Wet Wood - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland49 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome49 ha

Getting here

51.78999, -2.55240

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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
🌿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

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🌿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· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

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

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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Highmeadow TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route

Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route

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Cycling

17 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

Lydbrook LinkCycling route

Named 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

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Mountain biking

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

VerderersMountain bike route

Named route

FreeminersMountain bike route

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Ski RunMountain bike route

Named route

Mr RootyMountain bike route

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CountdownMountain bike route

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Push up routeMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

46,479 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

46,479 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

46,479 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Coal Tit +45

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Beechenhurst LodgeUrban park1.9 km→🌱The Cyril Hart ArboretumUrban park1.9 km→🌱Bells FieldUrban park4 km→🌱2nd Lawdley Road parkUrban park4.8 km→🌱New Fancy ViewUrban park1 km→✦Speech House HotelHistoric site1.8 km→

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