Long Wood
✦ Ancient woodland40 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome40 ha
Getting here
51.29494, -2.73827
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Car park 347m away — 4 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
- 🅿️Car park 347m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Robin, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Big Shaggy-moss, Silky Wall Feather-moss, Hutchinsia +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Gatekeeper +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Samaritans Way South WestWalking route166 km▾
Named routeLength 166 kmRegional walking route
West Mendip WayWalking route48 km▾
Named routeRef WMWLength 48 kmRegional walking route
The Butcombe TrailWalking route74 km▾
Named routeRef BUTLength 74 kmRegional walking route
The Mendip TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef MTRegional walking route
Limestone LinkWalking route58 km▾
Named routeRef LLLength 58 kmRegional walking route
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 26 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
Strawberry LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Route 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 26National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 26Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
21,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Raven +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Feral Goat · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Feral GoatCapra hircus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scathophaga stercoraria · Gorse Weevil · Syrphus torvus · Bibio johannis · Helina evecta +1
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Bibio johannisBibio johannis
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2025
Creeping Willow · Corn Marigold · Betony · Hairy Violet · Wild Marjoram +57
- Creeping WillowSalix repens
- Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Hairy VioletViola hirta
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum
- Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,331 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Raven +38
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Feral Goat · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Feral GoatCapra hircus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Scathophaga stercoraria · Gorse Weevil · Syrphus torvus · Bibio johannis · Helina evecta +1
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Bibio johannisBibio johannis
- Helina evectaHelina evecta
- Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2025
Creeping Willow · Corn Marigold · Betony · Hairy Violet · Wild Marjoram +57
- Creeping WillowSalix repens
- Corn MarigoldGlebionis segetum
- BetonyBetonica officinalis
- Hairy VioletViola hirta
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Brachypodium pinnatumBrachypodium pinnatum
- Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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