Conifer woodland near Cropthorne
4 ha
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.09702, -2.01883
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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
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Pershore Bridges Circular WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Wychavon Way (old)Walking route▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named route
Wyche WayWalking route79 km▾
A trail linking the Offa's Dyke Path at Kington to the Cotswold Way above Broadway, via the Wyche Cutting on the Malvern Hills.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Pershore railway station cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route911 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,589 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,589 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Wren · Dunnock · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Blue Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Western Honey Bee · Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +67
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,589 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Great Tit · Wren · Dunnock · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Common Blue Damselfly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Western Honey Bee · Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +67
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Cuckoo-Spit Insect
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Philaenus spumarius
Philaenus spumarius
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