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Places › England › South West › Cheltenham Getting here
51.90993, -2.07335
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 234m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird +77 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly +147 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Beautiful Demoiselle, Harlequin Ladybird, Blue-tailed Damselfly +147 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gloucestershire Way Walking route 161 km ▾
Named route Length 161 km Regional walking route
Show on map Winchcombe Way (West) Walking route ▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named route Ref wiw Regional walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map Isbourne Way Walking route 22 km ▾
Named route Length 22 km Local walking route
Show on map Gustav Holst Way (Holst Birthplace Museum to Corndean Lane) Walking route 7 km ▾
Named route Length 7 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cleevelands Drive public footpath · 287 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 287 m Path type: residential
Show on map 36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 41 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Gloucestershire Cycle Spine Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Byway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 437 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 437 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map N/A Cycling route 78 m ▾
Named route Length 78 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Tommy Taylors Lane restricted byway · 311 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 311 m Path type: tertiary
Show on map Tommy Taylors Lane restricted byway · 173 m ▾
Public path restricted byway Length 173 m Path type: tertiary
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Wildlife to spot
32,722 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 32,722 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Blackbird · Jay +22
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grass Snake · Adder · Red-eared Terrapin
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Adder Vipera berus Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Beautiful Demoiselle · Parent Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug +64
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Lesser Screw-moss Syntrichia virescens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 32,722 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 27 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Mallard · Blackbird · Jay +22
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Blackbird Turdus merula Jay Garrulus glandarius Common Gull Larus canus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Coal Tit Periparus ater Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grass Snake · Adder · Red-eared Terrapin
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica Adder Vipera berus Red-eared Terrapin Trachemys scripta subsp. elegans 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Beautiful Demoiselle · Parent Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug +64
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Water Screw-moss · Lesser Screw-moss
Grey-cushioned Grimmia Grimmia pulvinata Water Screw-moss Syntrichia latifolia Lesser Screw-moss Syntrichia virescens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025
Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula2025
Campyloneura virgula Campyloneura virgula2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025
Scarce Chaser Libellula fulva2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Cuckoo-Spit Insect Philaenus spumarius2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2025
Willow Bean-galler Euura proxima2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Limnephilus marmoratus Limnephilus marmoratus2025
Eremocoris fenestratus Eremocoris fenestratus2025
Eremocoris fenestratus Eremocoris fenestratus2025
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2025
Lagria hirta Lagria hirta2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Limnephilus lunatus Limnephilus lunatus2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2025
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2025
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Silver Fish Lepisma saccharinum2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Stag Knucklehorn Cladius pectinicornis2025
Stag Knucklehorn Cladius pectinicornis2025
Berytinus (Berytinus) minor Berytinus (Berytinus) minor2025
Berytinus (Berytinus) minor Berytinus (Berytinus) minor2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Lesser Earwig Labia minor2025
Lesser Earwig Labia minor2025
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea2025
Blue Shieldbug Zicrona caerulea2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper Chorthippus albomarginatus2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Iassus lanio Iassus lanio2025
Iassus lanio Iassus lanio2025
Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri2025
Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri Reptalus (Reptalus) panzeri2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Mining Sawfly Profenusa pygmaea2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2025
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2025
Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus2025
Black-Kneed Apple Capsid Blepharidopterus angulatus2025
Timothy Grassbug Stenotus binotatus2025
Timothy Grassbug Stenotus binotatus2025
Megaloceroea recticornis Megaloceroea recticornis2025
Megaloceroea recticornis Megaloceroea recticornis2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Apion frumentarium Apion frumentarium2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Notostira elongata Notostira elongata2025
Notostira elongata Notostira elongata2025
Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis2025
Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis2025
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis2025
Clay-coloured Weevil Otiorhynchus singularis2025
Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2025
Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis Cryptomyzus (Cryptomyzus) ribis2025
Elm Mining Sawfly Fenusa ulmi2025
Elm Mining Sawfly Fenusa ulmi2025
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus2025
Issus coleoptratus Issus coleoptratus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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