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Notgrove Long Barrow

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Dogs welcome

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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Stock Dove +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer, Stock Dove +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Circinaria calcarea, Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens +29 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Circinaria calcarea, Verrucaria nigrescens f. nigrescens +29 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Cleavers, Common Nettle, Wood Avens +101 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Cleavers, Common Nettle, Wood Avens +101 more · last seen 2018

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Hogweed +17 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Peacock, Large White, Common Blue +34 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Peacock, Large White, Common Blue +34 more · last seen 2019

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Diamond WayWalking route106 km
Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Donnington WayWalking route100 km
Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Fosse2Cycling route
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

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Wildlife to spot

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