Hollow Barn Plantation
12 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.94417, -1.93329
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
3 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
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
5,335 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rook +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwiftApus apus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Common Blue Damselfly · Marbled White +7
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,335 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Rook +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RavenCorvus corax
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwiftApus apus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Meadow Brown · Large White · Gatekeeper · Common Blue Damselfly · Marbled White +7
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024