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Places › England › South West › Cheltenham Getting here
51.89925, -2.13445
Open directionsv 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 ✦ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ✦ 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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +56 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Peacock, Small White +100 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Peacock, Small White +100 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Big Shaggy-moss · last seen 2023; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Big Shaggy-moss · last seen 2023
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gloucestershire Way Walking route 161 km ▾
Named route Length 161 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane) Walking route 7 km ▾
Named route Length 7 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cheltenham Circular Footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Glevum Way Walking route 42 km ▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named route Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map Fiddlers Green Private Road public footpath · 64 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 64 m Path type: service
Show on map Fiddlers Green Private Road public footpath · 9 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 9 m Path type: service
Show on map Fiddlers Green Private Road public footpath · 68 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 68 m Path type: service
Show on map 58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Gloucestershire Cycle Spine Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 437 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 437 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 232 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 232 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 114 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 114 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,759 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,759 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2025 ▾
Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Frog Rana Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 25 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Natarsia nugax +20
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024 Natarsia nugax Natarsia nugax Birch Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,759 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling +38
Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2024 Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Rabbit
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2024 ▾
Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 3 species
spring
2025 ▾
Frog · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Frog Rana Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 🐝 Insects 25 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Natarsia nugax +20
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2024 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2024 Natarsia nugax Natarsia nugax Birch Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2024
Greater Bulb-Fly Merodon equestris2024
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2024
Blue Soldier Beetle Ancistronycha abdominalis2024
Blue Soldier Beetle Ancistronycha abdominalis2024
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2024
Chrysotoxum cautum Chrysotoxum cautum2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2024
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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