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Ban-y-Gor Woods

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…

  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
  • Getting away from it all
  • Spring flowers
  • Stunning views
Barrow Wake

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…

  • Butterflies
  • Geological interest
  • Stunning views
  • Wildflowers
Cannop

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…

  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
Clarke's Pool Meadows

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.

  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
  • Spring flowers
  • Wildflowers
Coaley

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.

  • A family day out
  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
  • Getting away from it all
  • Historical interest
Collin Park Wood

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…

  • Ancient trees
  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
  • Overwintering birds
  • Spring flowers
Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows

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…

  • A family day out
  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
  • Getting away from it all
  • Overwintering birds
Coombe Hill Canal and Meadows

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…

  • A family day out
  • Birdwatching
  • Butterflies
  • Getting away from it all
  • Overwintering birds
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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…

  • Ancient trees
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  • Geological interest
  • Getting away from it all
Crickley Hill (C) Leigh Cousins

Crickley Hill

GWT coronavirus update: during this difficult time, we know how important it is to get outdoors for fresh air, exercise and to immerse yourself in nature. Please visit with sensitivity and care,…

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