Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
51.59185, -2.40389
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 255m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Alder Leaf Beetle, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Harpocera thoracica +9 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Little Avon CircuitWalking route1.5 km▾
Much is on grass, but the riverside walk is steeper with roots and steps.
Named routeLength 1.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wotton-under-Edge Cotswold Gateway Route 2Walking route8 km▾
Named routeRef WGR2Length 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cotswold WayWalking route164 km▾
Named routeRef CWLength 164 kmNational walking route
Stanley WalkWalking route1 km▾
The easiest walk. Follows attractive woodland rides, largely level and on grass.
Named routeLength 1 kmRound tripLocal walking route
The Downspublic footpath · 258 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 258 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
The Buthaypublic footpath · 144 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 144 mPath type: residential
The Buthaypublic footpath · 37 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 37 mPath type: residential
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Avon CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Chipping Sodbury LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Yate LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Filton LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Photos
House on Wickwar High Street
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
9,037 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,037 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Song Thrush +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- TealAnas crecca
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SwiftApus apus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Hazel Dormouse · Noctule · Myotis Bat species +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Harpocera thoracica · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Great Scented Liverwort
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,037 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Song Thrush +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- TealAnas crecca
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SwiftApus apus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Muntjac · Hazel Dormouse · Noctule · Myotis Bat species +5
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Harpocera thoracica · Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Great Scented Liverwort
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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