Commom Furze Wood - Mixed woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.85703, -2.07993
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
- 🅿️Salterley Quarry Car Park 70m 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
- 🅿️Salterley Quarry Car Park 70m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 10 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
Cheltenham Circular FootpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Cranham Church to Crickley Hill)Walking route5.7 km▾
Named routeLength 5.7 kmRegional walking route
Gustav Holst Way (Crickley Hill to Holst Birthplace Museum)Walking route7.2 km▾
Named routeLength 7.2 kmRegional walking route
33 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
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route437 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route232 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Old entrance to Salterley Grange
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Wildlife to spot
37,953 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
37,953 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Goldcrest · Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Nuthatch +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird +8
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Springy Turf-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
37,953 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Goldcrest · Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Nuthatch +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 24-spot Ladybird +8
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025
- 24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Springy Turf-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025RhogogasterRhogogaster2025RhogogasterRhogogaster2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025