Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
51.86463, -2.24645
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Gloucester City Mission — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Gloucester City Mission — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
Grade I listed building: 9 AND 9A, SOUTHGATE STREET
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Great Tit +76 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Emperor Dragonfly, Azure Damselfly +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km▾
Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye
Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Geology TrailWalking 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
103 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 42Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
25,341 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,341 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +39
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Four-spotted Chaser +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,341 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Magpie · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +39
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- CootFulica atra
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria · Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Four-spotted Chaser +24
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas