Church-hill Wood
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.65053, -2.50479
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Mallard
- 🌿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
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Mallard
- 🌿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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Peregrine, Mallard, Grey Heron +72 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Peregrine, Mallard, Grey Heron +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ivy, Dogwood, Creeping Cinquefoil +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Peregrine, Mallard, Grey Heron +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, Hazel, Bramble +4 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +7 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small White, Gatekeeper +7 more · last seen 2023
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km▾
Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route
OHL/15/10public footpath · 269 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 269 mPath type: footway
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route679 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 679 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 4.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
21,396 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,396 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Black Redstart · Barn Owl · Mediterranean Gull · Hobby +10
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Ivy · Dogwood · Creeping Cinquefoil · Dog's Mercury · Hogweed +16
- IvyHedera helix
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Calystegia sepiumCalystegia sepium
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,396 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Black Redstart · Barn Owl · Mediterranean Gull · Hobby +10
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2024
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Ivy · Dogwood · Creeping Cinquefoil · Dog's Mercury · Hogweed +16
- IvyHedera helix
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Calystegia sepiumCalystegia sepium
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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