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Fox Hill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland36 ha

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsWildlifeSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha

Getting here

52.06863, -2.04646

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Robin
  • 🌿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

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Robin, Blue Tit +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — Scathophaga furcata, Field Grasshopper, Oedemera femoralis · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km

A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.

Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km

A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.

Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Pershore Bridges Circular WalkWalking route5 km
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Wyche WayWalking route79 km

A trail linking the Offa's Dyke Path at Kington to the Cotswold Way above Broadway, via the Wyche Cutting on the Malvern Hills.

Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
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Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Pershore railway station cycle routeCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route911 m
Named routeRef 41Length 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.6 km
Named routeRef 41Length 3.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Horse riding

17 public paths nearby

Public paths
Double Hedges Roadbridleway · 410 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 410 mPath type: bridleway
Double Hedges Roadbridleway · 262 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 262 mPath type: bridleway
Hill Lanebridleway · 201 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 201 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Double Hedges Roadbridleway · 564 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 564 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bluebells in Comberton Wood

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bluebells in Comberton Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦SundialHistoric site1.3 km→🌱St Mary's ChurchUrban park1.3 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds1.3 km→✦Kemerton Camp Hill FortHistoric site1.4 km→✦OVERBURY COURTHistoric site3.4 km→✦Pershore BridgeHistoric site4.3 km→

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