Blakeney Walk - Coppice woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.78256, -2.51338
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Salmon WayWalking route▾
Named routeArlingham paths
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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
Family skills route (moderate)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
16,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Siskin +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Minotaur Beetle +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Greylag Goose · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Siskin +27
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Common Darter · Southern Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Minotaur Beetle +4
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Emperor Dragonfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctellaBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum