Camp at Upper Dowdeswell
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.86999, -1.99223
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Marbled White +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Crickley Hill to Holst Birthplace Museum)Walking route7.2 km▾
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Photos
Earthwork bank, Upper Dowdeswell
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Wildlife to spot
12,004 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,004 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Tit · Barn Owl · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +14
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Adder
Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Marbled White · Ringlet +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,004 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Tit · Barn Owl · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +14
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Adder
Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Marbled White · Ringlet +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
Raspberry
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusSt Marks FlyBibio marciSt Marks FlyBibio marciBibio longipesBibio longipesBibio longipesBibio longipesCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024