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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Places › England › South West › Cheltenham Getting here
51.89936, -2.12835
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 🅿️ Parking 478m away — 4 car parks within reach 🌤️ 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 🅿️ Parking 478m away — 4 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Red Admiral +95 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Red Admiral +95 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 41
Varies
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Mycosphaerella tassiana, Periconia byssoides · last seen 2019; Fungi — Mycosphaerella tassiana, Periconia byssoides · last seen 2019
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gloucestershire Way Walking route 161 km ▾
Named route Length 161 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane) Walking route 7 km ▾
Named route Length 7 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cheltenham Circular Footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Glevum Way Walking route 42 km ▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named route Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map Fiddlers Green Private Road public footpath · 64 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 64 m Path type: service
Show on map 54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Gloucestershire Cycle Spine Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 437 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 437 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 232 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 232 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 114 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 114 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Photos Mini-roundabout on Fiddler's Green Road
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Wildlife to spot
11,609 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 11,609 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Pine Marten Martes martes 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2025 ▾
Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Frog Rana Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Speckled Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Natarsia nugax +14
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Natarsia nugax Natarsia nugax Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 11,609 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Starling +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldcrest Regulus regulus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Pine Marten Martes martes 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2025 ▾
Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Frog Rana Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Speckled Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Natarsia nugax +14
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis Natarsia nugax Natarsia nugax Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Common Darter Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum
Sympetrum striolatum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2024
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2024
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2024
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024
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