Brandrick's Green - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.78868, -2.52334
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Spruce Ridepublic footpath · 239 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 239 mPath type: track
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾
Hicksters Way LoopCycling route▾
Shorter alternative return route to Cannop Cycle Centre or Beechenhurst than following the Family Cycle Trail
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family skills route (moderate)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
Photos
Forest walk through Brandrick's Green
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Wildlife to spot
19,186 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Mallard +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Common Darter · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,186 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Mallard +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Slow-worm
Glow-worm · Common Darter · Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula depressa
Libellula depressa
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