Floorey Down
✦ Ancient woodland200 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🌲Walks🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome200 ha
Getting here
51.12551, -3.18163
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
22 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
Marked walking trails totalling 20.8 km; Named hiking route nearby: Quantock Greenway
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Coal Tit +59 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Smoothcap · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Castles & Coast WayWalking route21 km▾
Named routeLength 21 kmLocal walking route
Quantock GreenwayWalking route62.5 km▾
Named routeLength 62.5 kmLocal walking route
West Deane WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef WDWRegional walking route
Coleridge WayWalking route82 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 82 kmRegional walking route
43 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cockercombe Bottombridleway · 2.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.3 kmSurface gravelPath type: track
The Droverestricted byway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.1 kmSurface groundPath type: track
Keeper's Combebridleway · 181 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 181 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Adscombe Lanebridleway · 135 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 135 mSurface compactedPath type: track
The Droverestricted byway · 352 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 352 mSurface groundPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
26,938 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,938 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Robin · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Goldcrest +42
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MagpiePica pica
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red Deer
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Oak Bush-cricket · Carabus problematicus · Field Grasshopper +6
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Common Smoothcap
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,938 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chiffchaff · Robin · Coal Tit · Chaffinch · Goldcrest +42
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MagpiePica pica
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- SwiftApus apus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Red Deer
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Oak Bush-cricket · Carabus problematicus · Field Grasshopper +6
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger
Common Smoothcap
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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