Lineover Wood
✦ Ancient woodland43 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
51.86824, -2.02125
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 52m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 52m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉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 — Blue Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Raspberry · last seen 2024
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Speckled Wood +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 31 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane)Walking route7 km▾
Named routeLength 7 kmRegional walking route
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Crickley Hill to Holst Birthplace Museum)Walking route7.2 km▾
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route78 m▾
Named routeLength 78 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Pegglesworth Farmbridleway · 809 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 809 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
28,473 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
28,473 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Treecreeper +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Common Blue · Small White · Large White +23
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,473 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Treecreeper +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Common Blue · Small White · Large White +23
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus2024
Pyronia tithonus2024
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusStenophylax permistusSt Marks FlyBibio marciSt Marks FlyBibio marciBibio longipesBibio longipesBibio longipesBibio longipesEupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2024Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2024Micropterna sequaxMicropterna sequax2024Micropterna sequaxMicropterna sequax2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024