Edgehills Plantation - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland0 ha
🦉Wildlife✦Heritage🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.83719, -2.49138
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Salmon WayWalking route▾
Named routeArlingham paths
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾
Hicksters Way LoopCycling route▾
Shorter alternative return route to Cannop Cycle Centre or Beechenhurst than following the Family Cycle Trail
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 42Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route177 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 177 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
18,725 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,725 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Crossbill · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +50
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Feral Cat · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Feral CatFelis catus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Green Tiger Beetle · Long-winged Cone-head · 14-spot Ladybird +3
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,725 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds55 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Crossbill · Goldcrest · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +50
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Feral Cat · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Feral CatFelis catus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Green Tiger Beetle · Long-winged Cone-head · 14-spot Ladybird +3
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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