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Painswick Golf Club

5 ha

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.79422, -2.19406

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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
  • 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
  • 🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Hornet, Downland Villa, Dark-edged Bee-fly +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Hiking

Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Arum Rust, Periwinkle Rust · last seen 2025; Fungi — Arum Rust, Periwinkle Rust · last seen 2025

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Wysis WayWalking route88.5 km

Long distance footpath forming a link between the Thames and the Wye

Named routeRef WYSLength 88.5 kmRegional walking route
Geology TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Glevum WayWalking route42 km

A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides

Named routeLength 42 kmRegional walking route
Walk Around Stroud (The WAS Way)Walking route
Named routeRef WASRound tripLocal walking route
MPA81public footpath · 102 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 102 mSurface grassPath type: footway
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 6Cycling route
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The 17th hole, Painswick Golf Club

📷 Bill Boaden · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The 17th hole, Painswick Golf Club

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦PAINSWICK HOUSEHistoric site400 m→🌱Prinknash Bird and Deer ParkUrban park3.2 km→✦High Brotheridge campHistoric site4.1 km→🦉COOPERS HILL, GLOUCESTERNature reserve4.3 km→✦Haresfield Hill camp and Ring Hill earthworksHistoric site4.6 km→✦Painswick Hill (or Kimsbury) campHistoric site1.5 km→

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