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Places › England › South West › Stroud Getting here
51.62614, -2.36599
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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 🐕 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 ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🐕 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🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free 🚻 Toilets
🦉 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, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +37 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 10 signed routes nearby · 12 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 Newark Park Pink Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Newark Park Purple Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 2 Walking route 8 km ▾
Named route Ref WGR2 Length 8 km Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Ash Path public footpath · 289 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 289 m Surface gravel Path type: footway
Show on map Ash Path public footpath · 266 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 266 m Surface grass Path type: footway
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Photos St Mary's Church, Kingswood, nr Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire 2014
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Wildlife to spot
10,991 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 10,991 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie +45
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Otter
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens2023 Otter Lutra lutra2023 Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
frogs and toads · Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
frogs and toads Anura Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Black Clock · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Syrphus +11
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Syrphus Syrphus Southern Hawker Common Liverwort
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 10,991 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · Robin · Magpie +45
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2024 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2023 Redwing Turdus iliacus2023 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2024 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2024 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2023 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2023 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2023 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2023 Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Hedgehog · Water Shrew · Otter
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2023 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens2023 Otter Lutra lutra2023 Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring summer
2025 ▾
frogs and toads · Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt
frogs and toads Anura Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus2024 🐝 Insects 16 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Black Clock · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Syrphus +11
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata Syrphus Syrphus Southern Hawker Common Liverwort
Common Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna cyanea2024
Aeshna cyanea2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2024
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus2024
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2024
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Melanostoma Melanostoma2024
Melanostoma Melanostoma2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2023
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2023
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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