Conifer woodland near Ham
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.89132, -2.04016
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Cheltenham Circular Footpath
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Corndean Lane to Guiting Power)Walking route6.9 km▾
Named routeLength 6.9 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
Ryeworth Roadpublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Ham Squarepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mPath type: residential
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 59 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 59 mPath type: unclassified
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route78 m▾
Named routeLength 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Kissing Gate and footbridge over the Ham Brook
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
33,554 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
33,554 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Herring Gull +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Meadow Grasshopper · Stenophylax permistus · Agriotes obscurus +45
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
33,554 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Herring Gull +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Soprano Pipistrelle · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Greater Horseshoe BatRhinolophus ferrumequinum
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake · Slow-worm
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Meadow Grasshopper · Stenophylax permistus · Agriotes obscurus +45
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- Stenophylax permistusStenophylax permistus
- Agriotes obscurusAgriotes obscurus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Water Screw-mossSyntrichia latifolia
- Lesser Screw-mossSyntrichia virescens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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