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Sallowvallets Inclosure - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland31 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome31 ha

Getting here

51.81758, -2.57955

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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

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

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Highmeadow TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km

Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route

Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route

Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route

Bracelands to the WyeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mallards Pike LinkCycling route

Named route

Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Symond's Yat RockCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 423Cycling route

Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network

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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

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Mr RootyMountain bike route

Named route

CountdownMountain bike route

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Push up routeMountain bike route

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Wildlife to spot

10,195 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,195 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2025

Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird +51

RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
DipperCinclus cinclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RavenCorvus corax
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
JayGarrulus glandarius
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser

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Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug · Dock Bug +5

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Speckled Bush-cricket

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,195 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2025

Robin · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird +51

RobinErithacus rubecula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
NuthatchSitta europaea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SwallowHirundo rustica
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
DipperCinclus cinclus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
RavenCorvus corax
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
JayGarrulus glandarius
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoosanderMergus merganser
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Greylag GooseAnser anser

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects10 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Anoplotrupes stercorosus · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Juniper Shieldbug · Dock Bug +5

Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Speckled Bush-cricket

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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