Hailes Abbey and ringwork
19 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
51.96913, -1.92837
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: HAILES ABBEY; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +65 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +93 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way; Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km▾
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km▾
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Isbourne WayWalking route22 km▾
Named routeLength 22 kmLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Hailes Abbey museum and visitor centre
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Blue Tit +42
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2022▾
Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forget-me-not Shieldbug · Dotted Bee-fly · Rhingia rostrata · Box Bug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +15
- Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,333 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Pheasant · Blue Tit +42
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2022▾
Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat +3
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Forget-me-not Shieldbug · Dotted Bee-fly · Rhingia rostrata · Box Bug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +15
- Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2024
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor2024
- Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Long-eared Bat species
Long-eared Bat species
Plecotus
Plecotus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021Riponnensia splendens
Riponnensia splendens
Riponnensia splendens2024
Riponnensia splendens2024
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Xylota segnisXylota segnis2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Phytoecia cylindricaPhytoecia cylindrica2024Phytoecia cylindricaPhytoecia cylindrica2024Omphalapion hookerorumOmphalapion hookerorum2023Omphalapion hookerorumOmphalapion hookerorum2023Amalus scortillumAmalus scortillum2023Amalus scortillumAmalus scortillum2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Tachina feraTachina fera2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Rhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufus2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Lathbury's Nomad BeeNomada lathburiana2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023Coppice Mining BeeAndrena helvola2023Dermestes murinusDermestes murinus2022Dermestes murinusDermestes murinus2022