Ten Acre Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.74018, -2.52927
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Lynwood Roadpublic footpath · 54 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Public footpath from Allaston Road to Ten Acre Wood, Lydney
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Wildlife to spot
16,188 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,188 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Firecrest · Peregrine · Hawfinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +47
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac · Wild Boar
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Wild BoarSus scrofa
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Dock Bug · Violet Ground Beetle · Red Wood Ant · Water Cricket +2
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Glow-worm
Lateral Cryphaea · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Common Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +7
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Silky Forklet-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,188 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
springsummer
2025▾
Firecrest · Peregrine · Hawfinch · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +47
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Muntjac · Wild Boar
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Wild BoarSus scrofa
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Dock Bug · Violet Ground Beetle · Red Wood Ant · Water Cricket +2
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Glow-worm
Lateral Cryphaea · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Common Feather-moss · Pointed Spear-moss +7
- Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Silky Forklet-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lampyris noctiluca2024
Lampyris noctiluca2024
Dicranella heteromalla
Dicranella heteromalla
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataEven ScalewortRadula complanataEven ScalewortRadula complanataSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumEvents & activities nearby
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