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Castle Hill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland15 ha

📷 Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha

Getting here

51.88865, -2.41659

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Torth Felen, Purple Brittlegill +121 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Torth Felen, Purple Brittlegill +121 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Smoothcap, Common Feather-moss, Bank Haircap · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Glow-worm, Large Red Damselfly, Scathophaga stercoraria +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km

Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye

Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Gloucester to Kilcot)Walking route

A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.

Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pond between Tuns Wood & Castle Hill Wood, May Hill

📷 Colin Park · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pond between Tuns Wood & Castle Hill Wood, May Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds4.8 km→🌱Broadford Meadow ArboretumUrban park4.3 km→🌱Longhope Recreation GroundUrban park3.3 km→⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds900 m→⛪St John the Baptist ChurchReligious grounds1.6 km→

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