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Mears Plantation

✦ Ancient woodland27 ha

📷 Ray Bird · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha

Getting here

51.60079, -2.32581

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, House Sparrow +82 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, House Sparrow +82 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Southern Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

10 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Little Avon CircuitWalking route1.5 km

Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.

Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Newark Park Pink TrailWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Newark Park Purple TrailWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 2Walking route8 km
Named routeRef WGR2Length 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
The Deanspublic footpath · 64 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 64 mPath type: footway
Lovetts Waypublic footpath · 15 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mPath type: residential
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Chipping Sodbury LinkCycling route
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
🐴

Horse riding

13 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Converted Barn, nr Hillesley, Gloucestershire 2008

📷 Ray Bird · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Converted Barn, nr Hillesley, Gloucestershire 2008

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Nearby places

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✦NEWARK PARKHistoric site3.8 km→🌱Wotton Community PARCUrban park4.7 km→🌱The GreenUrban park4.3 km→✦Roman villa and bathhouse remains in Lower Woods, 115m north west of Lower Woods LodgeHistoric site3.2 km→✦Single-span bridge called Horse Bridge 260m WSW of Chase Hill HouseHistoric site4.8 km→✦Horton CampHistoric site4.8 km→

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