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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › South West › Cheltenham Getting here
51.91215, -2.11556
Open directionsv 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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🛝 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 — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +53 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Painted Lady, Small White, Red Admiral +128 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Painted Lady, Small White, Red Admiral +128 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Gloucestershire Way Walking route 161 km ▾
Named route Length 161 km Regional 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 Cheltenham Circular Footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Glevum Way Walking route 42 km ▾
A circular path around Gloucester passing through a varied landscape of river plain and limestone hillsides
Named route Length 42 km Regional walking route
Show on map Gustav Holst Way (Crickley Hill to Holst Birthplace Museum) Walking route 7.2 km ▾
Named route Length 7.2 km Regional walking route
Show on map 52 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 Main Route Cycling route 232 m ▾
Named route Ref 41 Length 232 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
13,697 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 13,697 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +38
Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pine Marten Martes martes Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Epistrophe eligans · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Parent Bug · Bradycellus verbasci +8
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Bradycellus verbasci Bradycellus verbasci2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 13,697 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Magpie · Blackbird · Wren · Robin · Long-tailed Tit +38
Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Pine Marten
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Pine Marten Martes martes Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Beautiful Demoiselle · Epistrophe eligans · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Parent Bug · Bradycellus verbasci +8
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025 Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025 Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Bradycellus verbasci Bradycellus verbasci2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
7-spot Ladybird
7-spot Ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus2025
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus2025
Curculio venosus Curculio venosus2025
Curculio venosus Curculio venosus2025
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica2025
Harpocera thoracica Harpocera thoracica2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025 