Green Lane Woodland Complex, including Green Lane Wood and Biss Wood

Green Lane Wood

Green Lane Wood nature reserve in Wiltshire. Credit: Owain Shaw.

Green Lane Woodland Complex, including Green Lane Wood and Biss Wood

This ancient woodland in Trowbridge was given to us in 1991. The wood connects with our Biss Wood nature reserve and the Green Lane Nature Park.

Location

Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 6GP

OS Map Reference

ST 87420 57456

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A static map of Green Lane Woodland Complex, including Green Lane Wood and Biss Wood

Know before you go

Size
75 hectares
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Entry fee

Free
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Parking information

Please park in the lay-bys at Huntingfield off Leap Gate Road as the car parks off the A350 remain closed.

Bicycle parking

None. There are no designated National Cycle Routes in the vicinity.

Grazing animals

No

Access

Wheelchairs are only suitable in the nature park. The gates into the woods are tricky to navigate with a pushchair, impossible with a wheelchair.

Dogs

On a lead

See our FAQ's for more information

When to visit

Opening times

Open at all times.

Best time to visit

Autumn. Nearby attractions include Beckett's Vineyard (7 miles), Lacock Abbey and village (8 miles), Bath Abbey and Roman Baths (9 miles), West Kennet Longbarrow (15 miles).

About the reserve

This ancient oak woodland was left to us in 1991 by its previous owner who had lived in a cabin in the wood. In 1998 we purchased the wildflower meadow next to it. The rides are covered with stones making access easy. The pond just off the main ride was created by a stray World War II bomb. The wood connects with our Biss Wood nature reserve and Green Lane Nature Park – why not enjoy a walk through them all.

The open part of the wood is coppiced, encouraging woodland flowers to grow. They include Solomon’s seal, stinking Iris and greater butterfly orchid.

In summer look for butterflies: silver-washed fritillary, Duke of Burgundy, purple hairstreak, speckled wood and white-letter hairstreak. Autumn offers striking leaf colour and fungi; and in January and February listen for the hammering of the great spotted woodpecker. The meadow is full of flowers from spring onwards - scarce adder’s-tongue fern, common knapweed and betony. It is light and damp beneath the pylons - ideal for wild angelica and ragged robin.

In the woodland you can find nuthatch and jay. Look out for a treecreeper walking up the side of a tree trunk in search of food. Roe and muntjac deer are hard to spot, but you might see grass snake and slow worm basking in sunshine. The rare Bechstein’s bat makes the wood its home. It roosts in hollow or rotten trees, although it has been known to use bird and bat boxes.

Contact us

Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
Contact number: 01380 725670

Environmental designation

County Wildlife Site

Map of Green Lane Woodland Complex 

Map of Green Lane Woodland Complex

Our Friends receive regular updates about the nature reserve and will are the first to receive information about events and training opportunities as well as invitations to social events.

To join our Friends group please contact GLWproject@wiltshirewildlife.org 

Lovely small ancient woodland. Good footpath, so good for walking through no matter what the weather is like.
Stella from Trowbridge
Lovely wood that is well looked after and easily accessible. Plenty of plants to find.
Rebekah from Trowbridge
Volunteer

Volunteer, Aline Denton, cuts brambles and blackthorn as part of the farm's conservation management - Ross Hoddinott/2020VISION

Volunteer at Green Lane Wood

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