Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome57 ha
Getting here
51.84590, -2.10127
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets, picnic area; Country park — designed for family visits
Free
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
Country park — managed habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 46 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Cranham Church to Crickley Hill)Walking route5.7 km▾
Named routeLength 5.7 kmRegional walking route
Upliftpublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: track
Upliftpublic footpath · 172 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 172 mPath type: track
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route437 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route579 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 579 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route575 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 575 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Greenway Lanerestricted byway · 688 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 688 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Cattle grid across the exit road in Crickley Hill Country Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,231 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,231 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Great Tit · Nuthatch · Green Woodpecker · Robin +34
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Large White +21
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,231 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Great Tit · Nuthatch · Green Woodpecker · Robin +34
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Meadow Brown · Small White · Green-veined White · Red Admiral · Large White +21
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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