Congrove Wood
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.98183, -1.90238
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
🦉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, Great Tit, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Herb-Paris, Winter Heliotrope, Snowdrop · last seen 2021
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +45 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Large White, Gatekeeper +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,850 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Goldfinch · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer +45
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwiftApus apus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Mole · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle +7
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Syrphus · Common Blue Damselfly
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,850 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Goldfinch · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer +45
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RavenCorvus corax
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- SwiftApus apus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
Mole · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Common Pipistrelle +7
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Syrphus · Common Blue Damselfly
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022