Dolebury Camp: a large univallate hillfort and associated and later earthworks on Dolebury Warren
21 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
51.32736, -2.78890
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Coal Tit
- ✦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
- 🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Coal Tit
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Goldcrest +57 more · last seen 2025; Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Birds — Wren, Coal Tit, Goldcrest +57 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Common Blue +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 33 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Two Rivers WayWalking route32 km▾
Congresbury to Keynsham
Named routeRef 2RWLength 32 kmRegional walking route
Jews Lanepublic footpath · 323 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 323 mPath type: service
Doleberrowpublic footpath · 93 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 93 mPath type: residential
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 26Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route115 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
24 public paths nearby
Public paths
The Batchrestricted byway · 109 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 109 mSurface groundPath type: track
The Batchrestricted byway · 651 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 651 mSurface groundPath type: track
The Batchrestricted byway · 246 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 246 mSurface groundPath type: unclassified
Lyncombe Lanebridleway · 472 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 472 mPath type: track
Doleberrowbridleway · 184 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 184 mPath type: residential
Photos
View from the Iron Age hillfort at Dolebury Warren
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
34,487 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,487 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Robin +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Feral Goat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Canadian Fleabane · Rosa rubiginosa · Bush Vetch +14
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
- Rosa rubiginosaRosa rubiginosa2025
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,487 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Coal Tit · Robin +34
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Feral Goat
🐸Amphibians1 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Feather-moss · Common Smoothcap · Canadian Fleabane · Rosa rubiginosa · Bush Vetch +14
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis2025
- Rosa rubiginosaRosa rubiginosa2025
- Bush VetchVicia sepium2025
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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