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Doverow Hill

3 ha

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha

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51.74656, -2.26979

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 490m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 490m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +96 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug +96 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 55 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cotswold WayWalking route164 km

Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route

Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way)Walking route

Named routeRef WASRound tripLocal walking route

MST27Walking route

Named routeRef MST27

Woodchester Blue TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wheelchair Accessible (Thames & Severn Way)Walking route

Wheelchair accessible towpath diversion around steps at Bowbridge Lock, officially signposted

Named routeRef (T&S W)Point-to-pointRegional walking route

Far Westrippublic footpath · 63 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 63 mPath type: residential

MST28public footpath · 327 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 327 mPath type: footway

MST26public footpath · 134 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 134 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

63 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Mercian Way (Stroud branch)Cycling route

Named routeRef (45)National Cycle Network

Mercian Way (alternative)Cycling route

Named routeRef (45)National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route817 m

Named routeRef 45Length 817 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 45Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route104 m

Named routeRef 45Length 104 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,291 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,291 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

summer

2026

Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie +36

KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects26 species

springsummer

2026

Corizus hyoscyami · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +21

Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,291 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

summer

2026

Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Magpie +36

KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Roe Deer · Otter · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Palmate Newt

Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus

🐝

Insects26 species

springsummer

2026

Corizus hyoscyami · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 22-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +21

Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Sicus ferrugineusSicus ferrugineus2025
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Biting MidgeCeratopogonidae2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Orthops (Orthops) campestrisOrthops (Orthops) campestris2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025
Iris SawflyRhadinoceraea micans2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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