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Hawkesbury Warren

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 David Purchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

51.58281, -2.33373

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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

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +76 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Rhamphus pulicarius · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Little Avon CircuitWalking route1.5 km

Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.

Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Newark Park Pink TrailWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Newark Park Purple TrailWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Chipping Sodbury LinkCycling route
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Bath Lanebridleway · 1.6 km
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.6 kmSurface compactedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

A lane to Hawkesbury Upton

📷 David Purchase · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A lane to Hawkesbury Upton

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BADMINTON HOUSEHistoric site4 km→✦WW2 PillboxHistoric site5 km→✦Roman villa and bathhouse remains in Lower Woods, 115m north west of Lower Woods LodgeHistoric site2.7 km→✦Horton CampHistoric site2.7 km→✦Single-span bridge called Horse Bridge 260m WSW of Chase Hill HouseHistoric site4.5 km→✦Old Sodbury CampHistoric site4.7 km→

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