Roman settlement at Glasshouse Wood
18 ha
Plan your visit
✦Heritage🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.34272, -1.54598
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Historic site with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Rocky Lanepublic footpath · 241 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 241 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Rocky Lanepublic footpath · 179 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 179 mPath type: bridleway
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Massive cherry laurels, Glasshouse Wood
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Wildlife to spot
15,740 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,740 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Batman Hoverfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Volucella inanis · Syritta pipiens · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +8
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Cherry Laurel · Wilson's Honeysuckle · Soft Shield-fern · Black Spleenwort
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,740 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Blackbird +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Batman Hoverfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Volucella inanis · Syritta pipiens · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +8
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Cherry Laurel · Wilson's Honeysuckle · Soft Shield-fern · Black Spleenwort
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Wilson's HoneysuckleLonicera nitida
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Events & activities nearby
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