Compton Park
✦ Ancient woodland102 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome102 ha
Getting here
51.07071, -1.97779
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
- 📍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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone, Pignut, Cowslip +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Kestrel, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Kestrel, Carrion Crow +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +80 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle, Wood-sorrel +2 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 11 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire CyclewayCycling route155 km▾
Named routeRef WCLength 155 kmRound tripRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Drovebridleway · 543 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 543 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
6,564 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,564 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Spotted Flycatcher · Barn Owl · Raven · Mallard +27
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus2024
Brown Hare · Mole · Beaver · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BeaverCastor fiber
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Meadow Brown · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Gatekeeper +33
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Black Nightshade · Common Fleabane · Dogwood · Fox-and-cubs · Nipplewort +20
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
- Silky Wall Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,564 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Spotted Flycatcher · Barn Owl · Raven · Mallard +27
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RavenCorvus corax
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SwiftApus apus2024
Brown Hare · Mole · Beaver · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BeaverCastor fiber
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Meadow Brown · Large White · Red Admiral · Small White · Gatekeeper +33
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- CommaPolygonia c-album
Black Nightshade · Common Fleabane · Dogwood · Fox-and-cubs · Nipplewort +20
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- DogwoodCornus sanguinea
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata2024
- Silky Wall Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Marsh SnipeflyRhagio tringarius2025Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorEmpoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiensEmpoasca decipiensField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025House-flyMusca domestica2025House-flyMusca domestica2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2024Common Red-legged RobberflyDioctria rufipes2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Homalothecium sericeum2024
Homalothecium sericeum2024
Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2024Lyell's Bristle-mossPulvigera lyellii2024Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2024Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides2024Smaller Lattice-mossCinclidotus fontinaloides2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2024Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia2024Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia2024Many-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpa2024Many-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpa2024Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2024Appleyard's Feather-mossScleropodium cespitans2024Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis2024Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2024Supine Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme var. resupinatum2024Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana2024Schreber's Forklet-mossDicranella schreberiana2024Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2024Minute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissima2024Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2024Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus2024Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis2024Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2024Long-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioides2024Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla2024Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme2024Common Bladder-mossPhyscomitrium pyriforme2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024Events & activities nearby
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