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Cock Road Wood

✦ Ancient woodland23 ha

📷 Maurice Pullin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, House Sparrow +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, House Sparrow +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Thickpoint Grimmia, Rough-stalked Feather-moss, Supine Plait-moss +23 more · last seen 2019

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +80 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small White +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Macmillan WayWalking route290 km

Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route

East Mendip WayWalking route

Named routeRef EMWRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km

Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

Route 24Cycling route

Named routeRef 24National Cycle Network

Colliers WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN 24 linkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Alternative RouteCycling route37 m

Named routeLength 37 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Alternative RouteCycling route66 m

Named routeLength 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,402 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,402 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds14 species

springsummer

2025

Chaffinch · Greenfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin +9

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small Black Ant · Southern Hawker · Roesel's Bush-cricket +9

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small Black AntLasius niger
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SyrphusSyrphus
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024

🌿

Plants108 species

summer

2025

Pineappleweed · Agrimony · Tufted Hair-grass · Red Campion · Bush Vetch +103

PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Red CampionSilene dioica
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
IvyHedera helix2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2024
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
AspenPopulus tremula2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Common ReedPhragmites australis2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Rumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispus2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,402 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds14 species

springsummer

2025

Chaffinch · Greenfinch · Long-tailed Tit · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Robin +9

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RobinErithacus rubecula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SwallowHirundo rustica
DunnockPrunella modularis

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Hedgehog

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Gatekeeper · Speckled Wood · Small Black Ant · Southern Hawker · Roesel's Bush-cricket +9

GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Small Black AntLasius niger
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
SyrphusSyrphus
Stable FlyStomoxys calcitrans
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024

🌿

Plants108 species

summer

2025

Pineappleweed · Agrimony · Tufted Hair-grass · Red Campion · Bush Vetch +103

PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Red CampionSilene dioica
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Field MapleAcer campestre2024
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
IvyHedera helix2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2024
Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Black BryonyTamus communis
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana2024
Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2024
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
CowslipPrimula veris2024
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2024
AspenPopulus tremula2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Lesser BurdockArctium minus2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Toad RushJuncus bufonius2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
Common ReedPhragmites australis2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca2024
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
DogwoodCornus sanguinea2024
Rumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispus2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
SpindleEuonymus europaeus2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024
TutsanHypericum androsaemum2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Maurice Pullin · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

2008 : View from Cock Road

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