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51.54360, -2.41457
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rose Chafer, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +22 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rose Chafer, 7-spot Ladybird, Red-legged Shieldbug +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 42 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Little Avon Circuit Walking route 1.5 km ▾
Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.
Named route Length 1.5 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Cotswold Way Walking route 164 km ▾
Named route Ref CW Length 164 km National walking route
Show on map The Dramway Walking route 15 km ▾
The route of a 19th century tramway that carried coal from Coalpit Heath down to the River Avon
Named route Length 15 km Local walking route
Show on map Community Forest Path Walking route 72 km ▾
Named route Ref CFP Length 72 km Local walking route
Show on map Mercier Close public footpath · 131 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 131 m Path type: residential
Show on map South Walk public footpath · 139 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 139 m Surface paving_stones Path type: pedestrian
Show on map North Walk public footpath · 24 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 24 m Surface paving_stones Path type: pedestrian
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yate Spur (planned) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Yate Spur (current) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Chipping Sodbury Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map Yate Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 Local cycle route
Show on map Filton Link Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos Richard Alexander Gathorne Hill memorial inside St Mary's Church, Yate
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Wildlife to spot
22,955 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 22,955 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackcap · Great Tit · Blackbird +49
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2025 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug +8
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 22,955 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 54 species
spring summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackcap · Great Tit · Blackbird +49
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Magpie Pica pica Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater House Sparrow Passer domesticus Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2025 🐝 Insects 13 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Varied Carpet Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug +8
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Southern Oak Bush-cricket Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Meconema meridionale2025
Meconema meridionale2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Protaetia cuprea ssp. metallica Protaetia cuprea ssp. metallica2025
Protaetia cuprea ssp. metallica Protaetia cuprea ssp. metallica2025 