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Tockington Park Wood

✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 Dr Duncan Pepper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

51.56439, -2.54370

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Song Thrush, Starling, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Song Thrush, Starling, Magpie +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rugged Oil-beetle, Viburnum Scale, Varied Carpet Beetle +9 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rugged Oil-beetle, Viburnum Scale, Varied Carpet Beetle +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km

Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route

Community Forest PathWalking route72 km

Named routeRef CFPLength 72 kmLocal walking route

Frome Valley WalkwayWalking route29 km

Named routeRef FVWLength 29 kmLocal walking route

Jubilee Way (South Gloucestershire)Walking route27 km

Named routeRef JWSGLength 27 kmLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 41Cycling route

Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network

Avon CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Filton LinkCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Downs WayCycling route

Named routeRef DWLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Named routeRef EV1International cycle route

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

7,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove +36

MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2026

Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Graphopsocus cruciatus +1

Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,039 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

autumnwinter

2026

Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Meadow Pipit · Rock Dove +36

MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025

🐝

Insects6 species

spring

2026

Viburnum Scale · Varied Carpet Beetle · Oedemera femoralis · Spotted-winged Drosophila · Graphopsocus cruciatus +1

Viburnum ScaleLichtensia viburni
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
Spotted-winged DrosophilaDrosophila suzukii
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus
Cartodere bifasciataCartodere bifasciata2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dr Duncan Pepper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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