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Fetter Hill

✦ Ancient woodland80 ha

📷 Wikipedia · William Fetter · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Free entryDogs welcome80 ha

Getting here

51.77958, -2.57329

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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
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

7 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 — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Robin +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Glow-worm, Abax parallelepipedus +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Glow-worm, Abax parallelepipedus +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Highmeadow TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route

Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route

Bracelands to the WyeWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mallards Pike LinkCycling route

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Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route

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National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Symond's Yat RockCycling route

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Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Lydbrook LinkCycling route

Named route

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Mountain biking

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

VerderersMountain bike route

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FreeminersMountain bike route

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Ski RunMountain bike route

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Mr RootyMountain bike route

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CountdownMountain bike route

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Push up routeMountain bike route

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Wildlife to spot

49,546 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

49,546 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Nuthatch +44

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Abax parallelepipedus

Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

49,546 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds49 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Nuthatch +44

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Great TitParus major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Abax parallelepipedus

Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Wikipedia · William Fetter · CC BY-SA 3.0

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🌱Beechenhurst LodgeUrban park3.1 km→🌱The Cyril Hart ArboretumUrban park3.5 km→🌱Bells FieldUrban park3 km→🌱2nd Lawdley Road parkUrban park3.5 km→🌱Whitemead Forest ParkUrban park1.5 km→⛪St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds2 km→

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