Clay Bottom Allotments
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.47086, -2.54964
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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉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 — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Mallard +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
The DramwayWalking route15 km▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Bristol Triangular City WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Community Forest PathWalking route72 km▾
Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route
269 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Malago GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef MGWLocal cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Bristol & Bath Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef B&BRPLocal cycle route
Festival WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef FWLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
122,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
122,756 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Kingfisher · Black-headed Gull +34
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy Shieldbug · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
122,756 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Moorhen · Mute Swan · Kingfisher · Black-headed Gull +34
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects7 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans · Hairy Shieldbug · Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
