Ban-y-Gor Woods
Ban-y-gor nature reserve is a secluded and mystical woodland with large ancient coppice and pollards carpeted with ferns and mosses. A single path descends moderately via a small glade towards the…
Nature Reserves
Barrow Wake
Barrow Wake – just further along the scarp from Crickley Hill and part of the same SSSI – contains a similar flora to Crickley Hill but is especially notable for its population of Musk Orchids and…
Cannop Bridge Marsh
A great place to come to admire one of the remaining marshlands in the Forest of Dean. Cannop Bridge Marsh has a wealth of butterflies, dragonflies and damselflies in the summer and is a great…
Clarke's Pool Meadows
One of the finest surviving traditional hay meadows in Gloucestershire where over 45,000 green winged orchids flower in mid-late spring.
Coaley Peak
The site provides another fantastic view across the Severn Vale towards the Forest of Dean and below lies unimproved limestone grassland belonging to the National Trust.
Collin Park Wood
Lying within the gently-rolling countryside around the River Leadon, Collin Park Wood nature reserve is an area of ancient woodland which has been coppiced for centuries.
It is a great…
Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows
Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows is a place of vistas and endless skies, of floods and farming, an ancient landscape fringing the River Severn. Equally appealing on a frost-bitten winter morning and…
Coopers Hill
Apart from the world renowned Cheese Rolling slope, this reserve is also comprised of over 100 acres of ancient beechwood, open scrub and grassland. It is part of the Cotswold Commons and…
Crickley Hill
With stunning views, woodland, open spaces and a café, Crickley Hill is the perfect destination for those looking to spend time in nature.
More than 1,300 species have been recorded at…
Cutsdean Quarry
Cutsdean Quarry was once one of many small sites in the area producing Chipping Norton limestone. The site has some interesting plants in the western scree area, including pyramidal orchid and…