Middleridge Inclosure - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.79659, -2.53144
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
- 📍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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Mineral Looppublic footpath · 464 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 464 mSurface gravelPath type: cycleway
Spruce Ridepublic footpath · 239 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 239 mPath type: track
Spruce Ridepublic footpath · 60 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 60 mPath type: track
17 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
Lydbrook LinkCycling 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
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
25,742 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,742 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Nuthatch +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +8
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,742 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Nuthatch +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Southern Hawker · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +8
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataBlack DarterSympetrum danaeBlack DarterSympetrum danaeCommon HawkerAeshna junceaCommon HawkerAeshna junceaKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaEvents & activities nearby
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