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Cockshoot Wood

✦ Ancient woodland22 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

51.98147, -2.84085

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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
  • 🌿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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Yellowhammer +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Glaucous Sedge, Bracken, Pendulous Sedge +273 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Plants — Meadowsweet, Hybrid Oak, Water Mint +28 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Cockchafer, Swollen-thighed Beetle +8 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Broad-bodied Chaser, Common Cockchafer, Swollen-thighed Beetle +8 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km
Named routeRef 46Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route1.9 km
Named routeRef 46Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km
Named routeRef 46Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route867 m
Named routeRef 46Length 867 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route998 m
Named routeRef 46Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Within Big Wood, 2016, 2

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Within Big Wood, 2016, 2

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦WHITFIELDHistoric site1.1 km→✦Kilpeck Castle and ancient villageHistoric site2.5 km→✦Motte and bailey castle and alien priory immediately south of Castle LandsHistoric site4.9 km→✦Ewyas Harold CastleHistoric site4.9 km→✦Thruxton Tump, a motte castle at Thruxton CourtHistoric site3.1 km→✦Dore Abbey: a Cistercian monasteryHistoric site3.9 km→

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