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Hortham Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Free entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.56111, -2.53865

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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
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around

Good to know

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

Campsite

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Song Thrush, Starling, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Song Thrush, Starling, Magpie +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Rose Chafer, Rugged Oil-beetle +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Swollen-thighed Beetle, Rose Chafer, Rugged Oil-beetle +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The DramwayWalking route15 km

The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon

Named routeLength 15 kmLocal walking route

Community Forest PathWalking route72 km

Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route

Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km

Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route

Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km

Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Avon CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Filton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Concorde WayCycling route

Named routeRef CWLocal cycle route

NCN 416: Ring Road PathCycling route

Named routeRef 416National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route59 m

Named routeRef 41Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

6,416 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,416 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2026

Skylark · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Meadow Pipit · Magpie +34

SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🐝

Insects4 species

winterspring

2026

Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Cartodere bifasciata

Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,416 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

autumnwinter

2026

Skylark · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Meadow Pipit · Magpie +34

SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🐝

Insects4 species

winterspring

2026

Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Cartodere bifasciata

Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Firth · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

M5 near Hortham Wood

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