Allen's Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.85275, -2.55971
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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
17 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
4,538 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blackcap · Blue Tit +49
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2022
🦌Mammals5 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Volucella inanis · Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Blue-tailed Damselfly +7
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,538 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Swift · Goldfinch · Blackbird · Blackcap · Blue Tit +49
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2022
🦌Mammals5 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2022▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Volucella inanis · Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Blue-tailed Damselfly +7
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Anoplotrupes stercorosus2024
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2023Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2023Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2022Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2022Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2022Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2022Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea2022