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Pastor's Hill Wood

✦ Ancient woodland43 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome43 ha

Getting here

51.74168, -2.56214

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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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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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7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Starling +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Eristalis tenax · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mallards Pike LinkCycling route

Named route

National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route

Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network

Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coleford, Milkwall & Parkend railway path FOD06Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route305 m

Named routeRef 42Length 305 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route502 m

Named routeRef 42Length 502 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

21,494 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,494 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +12

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,494 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds17 species

winter

2025

Woodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow +12

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MagpiePica pica
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
DunnockPrunella modularis
RobinErithacus rubecula
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great TitParus major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View to Pastor's Hill Wood, April 2010

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🌱Bathurst ParkUrban park3 km→🌱Bathurst ParkUrban park3 km→🌱Lydney ParkUrban park2.4 km→🌱Old Pleasure GardensUrban park2.8 km→🌱Whitemead Forest ParkUrban park2.8 km→⛪St Paul's ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→

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