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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › South West › Cheltenham Getting here
51.90522, -2.07319
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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 ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 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, Magpie, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +183 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Beautiful Demoiselle +183 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Gustav Holst Way (Crickley Hill to Holst Birthplace Museum)
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 31 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 Winchcombe Way (West) Walking route ▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named route Ref wiw 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 Isbourne Way Walking route 22 km ▾
Named route Length 22 km Local 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 Chester Walk public footpath · 84 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 84 m Surface paving_stones Path type: unclassified
Show on map Albion Walk public footpath · 72 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 72 m Surface concrete Path type: residential
Show on map Northfield Passage public footpath · 189 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 189 m Surface asphalt Path type: footway
Show on map 36 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 National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional 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 N/A Cycling route 78 m ▾
Named route Length 78 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
37,345 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 37,345 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jay · Mallard · House Sparrow +23
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Jay Garrulus glandarius Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coal Tit Periparus ater Common Gull Larus canus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grass Snake · Red-eared Terrapin
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Beautiful Demoiselle · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +69
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Campyloneura virgula Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Lesser Screw-moss Syntrichia virescens Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 37,345 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 28 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jay · Mallard · House Sparrow +23
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Jay Garrulus glandarius Mallard Anas platyrhynchos House Sparrow Passer domesticus Blackbird Turdus merula Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Coal Tit Periparus ater Common Gull Larus canus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Grass Snake · Red-eared Terrapin
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Beautiful Demoiselle · Green Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +69
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Campyloneura virgula Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia
Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Lesser Screw-moss Syntrichia virescens Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Campyloneura virgula2025
Campyloneura virgula2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2025
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Eremocoris fenestratus Eremocoris fenestratus2025
Eremocoris fenestratus Eremocoris fenestratus2025
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2025
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2025
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Stag Knucklehorn Cladius pectinicornis2025
Stag Knucklehorn Cladius pectinicornis2025
Berytinus (Berytinus) minor Berytinus (Berytinus) minor2025
Berytinus (Berytinus) minor Berytinus (Berytinus) minor2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Lesser Earwig Labia minor2025
Lesser Earwig Labia minor2025
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea2025
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Iassus lanio Iassus lanio2025
Iassus lanio Iassus lanio2025
Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri2025
Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2025
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2025
Timothy Grassbug Stenotus binotatus2025
Timothy Grassbug Stenotus binotatus2025
Megaloceroea recticornis Megaloceroea recticornis2025
Megaloceroea recticornis Megaloceroea recticornis2025
Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus2025
Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Ophonus ardosiacus Ophonus ardosiacus2025
Ophonus ardosiacus Ophonus ardosiacus2025
Prionychus Prionychus2025
Prionychus Prionychus2025
Opsius stactogalus Opsius stactogalus2025
Opsius stactogalus Opsius stactogalus2025
Hydropsyche Hydropsyche2025
Hydropsyche Hydropsyche2025
Zygina flammigera Zygina flammigera2025
Zygina flammigera Zygina flammigera2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Notostira elongata Notostira elongata2025
Notostira elongata Notostira elongata2025
Harpalus rufipalpis Harpalus rufipalpis2025
Harpalus rufipalpis Harpalus rufipalpis2025
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis2025
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis2025
Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2025
Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2025
Elm Mining Sawfly Fenusa ulmi2025
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