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Wentwood

Andy Dingley · CC BY-SA 4.0

50% trees around it and 1,163 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km50%
  • wild within 10 km85%
  • species recorded1,163
  • Altitude157 m

The forest around

50% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 38%Grassland 62%Trees 51%Grassland 34%Cropland 14%Built-up 1%Trees 30%Grassland 54%Water 0%Cropland 12%Built-up 3%Trees 26%Grassland 50%Wetland 0%Water 9%Cropland 8%Built-up 6%50%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km38%
  • 1–3 km51%
  • 3–6 km30%
  • 6–10 km26%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees51%
  • Grassland34%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland14%
  • Built-up1%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

1,163 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus171 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata157 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet vernal grass
Sweet vernal grassAnthoxanthum odoratum155 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Knapweed
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra153 recordsJulie Anne Workman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common bent
Common bentAgrostis capillaris136 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Heal-all
Heal-allPrunella vulgaris133 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Crested dogstail grass
Crested dogstail grassCynosurus cristatus132 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common buttercup
Common buttercupRanunculus acris131 recordsAlinja · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata129 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus126 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Clover
Red CloverTrifolium pratense125 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hairy cat's ear
Hairy cat's earHypochaeris radicata120 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 50%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 85%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,163Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 157 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan7°3°94 mm
  2. Feb7°2°74 mm
  3. Mar9°3°70 mm
  4. Apr12°5°56 mm
  5. May16°8°67 mm
  6. Jun18°11°72 mm
  7. Jul20°13°80 mm
  8. Aug20°13°84 mm
  9. Sep18°11°63 mm
  10. Oct14°9°100 mm
  11. Nov10°6°103 mm
  12. Dec8°4°104 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Wentwood.

Hill (309.1m) and woodland in Newport, Wales

Wentwood is a forest in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 50% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 85% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,163 species have been recorded around it: 847 plants, 155 fungi, 132 birds and 29 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Yorkshire-fog, Ribwort plantain and Sweet vernal grass.

The best time to walk is from June to September.

Overall horizon view, Wentwood Forest
Andy Dingley · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Botany Bay Scout campsitecampsite · 14 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Parsons Grove Holiday Cottages, Bed and Breakfastplace to stay · 2.9 km · 38 within 10 km
  • Llanvachesnearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
  • Bristol Airport (BRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 29 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRS airport (Bristol)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Wentwood seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmBishton & Llanwern Loop
  • 6picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmCastle Mound
  • 14car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmBotany Bay Scout campsite
  • 38places to stay within 10 kmParsons Grove Holiday Cottages, Bed and Breakfast, Days Inn, Coach & Horses Inn Hotel and 35 more
  • 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Wentwood.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas94 mountains within 25 km
Wentwood309 m · this placeMynydd Twyn-glas472 m · 18 kmMynydd Garnclochdy448 m · 19 kmMynydd Machen362 m · 21 kmMynydd y Lan381 m · 22 kmGwastad551 m · 23 kmCoity Mountain578 m · 25 kmThe Blorenge561 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Llandegfedd Reservoir1.4 km² · 12 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Devil's Pulpit13 kmAust Cliff14 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 km
Otter Hole10 kmSt Peter's Cave11 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Isolated silver birch in Wentwood Forest
Andy Dingley · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Wentwood

United Kingdom

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 50%Trees
  • 85%Wild
  • 1,163Species

Forest of Dean

United Kingdom · 26 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 2,082Species

See the guide

Puzzlewood

United Kingdom · 22 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 2,112Species

See the guide

Prior Park Landscape Garden

United Kingdom · 45 km

  • 68Forestyas Score
  • 50%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 1,514Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7982987) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species24,992 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cavernyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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