Bear's Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland21 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
52.03100, -2.60720
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 32 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Choirs Way (Hereford to Worcester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Woolhope Circular WalkWalking route6.5 km▾
Named routeLength 6.5 kmLocal walking route
Three Choirs Way (Kilcot to Woolhope)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Woolhope to Withington)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
Proposed NCN 44Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 44National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
38,521 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,521 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Weasel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Wood Ant · Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Common Cockchafer +14
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Common Twayblade · Dyer's Greenweed · Yellow Water-lily · Creeping Cinquefoil +4
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
- Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,521 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Robin +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Weasel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- WeaselMustela nivalis
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians3 species
summer
2025▾
Palmate Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Wood Ant · Dark Bush-cricket · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Common Cockchafer +14
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants9 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Common Twayblade · Dyer's Greenweed · Yellow Water-lily · Creeping Cinquefoil +4
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
- Dyer's GreenweedGenista tinctoria
- Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Columbine
Columbine
Aquilegia vulgaris
Aquilegia vulgaris
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliataYellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliataGreater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chloranthaGreater Butterfly-orchidPlatanthera chlorantha