Arle Grove - Woodland plantation
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.90558, -2.01077
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Cotswold Way
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Windrush WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance walk by the LDWA.
Named routeRef WinLength 22 km
Warden's WayWalking route22 km▾
Winchcombe - Bourton-on-the-Water. No longer classified as a long distance route by the LDWA
Named routeRef WarLength 22 km
Winchcombe Way (West)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
Winchcombe Way (East)Walking route▾
The Winchcombe Way is a 42-mile figure-of-eight trail centred on Winchcombe
Named routeRef wiwRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Gloucestershire Cycle SpineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Oxon and Glos)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cotswold CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Bishops Cleeve Bypass Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Noverton Lanerestricted byway · 203 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 203 mSurface pavedPath type: track
Noverton Lanerestricted byway · 56 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 56 mSurface pavedPath type: track
Noverton Lanerestricted byway · 757 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 757 mSurface pavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
23,939 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,939 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Robin +35
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Garden Chafer · Glow-worm · Cercopis vulnerata · Slender-footed Robberfly · Cantharis nigricans +27
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Slender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostris
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Common Leaf Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,939 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Chiffchaff · Robin +35
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🦎Reptiles4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Garden Chafer · Glow-worm · Cercopis vulnerata · Slender-footed Robberfly · Cantharis nigricans +27
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Slender-footed RobberflyLeptarthrus brevirostris
- Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Common Leaf Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phyllobius pyri
Phyllobius pyri
Cheilosia sororCheilosia sororCheilosia sororCheilosia sororKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillusKite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillusBand-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromiusBand-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromiusDownland RobberflyMachimus rusticusDownland RobberflyMachimus rusticusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccineaPipizaPipizaPipizaPipizaViolet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapillaViolet Black-legged RobberflyDioctria atricapillaVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansVolucella bombylansCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisPipiza austriacaPipiza austriacaPipiza austriacaPipiza austriacaPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinusCantharis rufaCantharis rufaCantharis rufaCantharis rufaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCleopomiarus graminisCleopomiarus graminisCleopomiarus graminisCleopomiarus graminisGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusGorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusAgrypnus murinusCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisEvents & activities nearby
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