Highnam Woods

#5594 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Highnam Wood is a nature reserve located in Gloucestershire and established by the RSPB to protect bird species in the region. A two-kilometre nature trail passes through the park, giving tourists a view of Britain's rarest breeding woodpecker species, the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Marsh Tit, Nightingale, Song Thrush, and Spotted Flycatchers also frequent the park. ()

Coordinates: 51°52'20"N, 2°19'25"W

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Highnam Woods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gloucester Quays Outlet, Gloucester Waterways Museum, Llanthony Road Bridge, High Orchard Bridge.

3.1 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Gloucester Quays Outlet, Gloucester
80 min walk • Gloucester Quays is an outlet shopping centre on St Ann Way, Gloucester, in the area of the city formerly known as High Orchard.
3.1 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
Gloucester Waterways Museum, Gloucester
80 min walk • Gloucester Waterways Museum is housed in a Victorian warehouse at Gloucester Docks in the city of Gloucester, England. It is located along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal and River Severn.
3.1 miE
Bridge
Llanthony Road Bridge, Gloucester
78 min walk • Llanthony Road Bridge is a bridge over the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in the Gloucester Docks and High Orchard area. It is the third bridge on the site.
3 miE
Bridge
High Orchard Bridge, Gloucester
78 min walk • High Orchard Bridge is a bridge over the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in High Orchard in the city of Gloucester, England. It was opened in 2008 to carry the newly constructed St Ann Way over the canal.
3 miE
Monastery, Historical place, View point
Llanthony Secunda Priory, Gloucester
76 min walk • Llanthony Secunda Priory was a house of Augustinian canons in the parish of Hempsted, Gloucestershire, England, situated about 1/2 a mile south-west of Gloucester Castle in the City of Gloucester.
0.9 miE
Park, Vernacular architecture
Highnam Court, Gloucester
24 min walk • Highnam Court is a Grade I listed country house in Highnam, Gloucestershire, England, constructed in the 17th century. The estate passed from the Cooke family to the Guise family and, in the mid-19th century, was purchased by a member of the Gambier-Parry family.
3.1 miE
Museum, History museum
The Folk of Gloucester, Gloucester
81 min walk • The Folk of Gloucester is a museum which is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the City of Gloucester, a Tudor merchant's house and a 17th-century town house. The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street, is devoted to the social history of Gloucestershire.
3.2 miE
Church, Gothic architecture
St Nicholas Church, Gloucester
82 min walk • St Nicholas Church is a historic church in Westgate Street in the city of Gloucester, England, under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Its truncated spire is a landmark in the city centre.
3.2 miE
Church
St Mary de Lode Church, Gloucester
82 min walk • St Mary de Lode Church is a Church of England church immediately outside the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral. It is believed by some to be on the site of the first Christian church in Britain.
1.6 miNE
Church
St Oswald's Church, Gloucester
42 min walk • St Oswald's Church was an Anglican church in the village of Lassington and the civil parish of Highnam, Gloucestershire, England. Only the tower survived to the present day, and it is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
2.6 miSE
Memorial
Our Lady's Well, Gloucester
66 min walk • Our Lady's Well is a holy well house in Hempsted, Gloucester. It was designated as a Grade I listed building in January 1955.