Tewkesbury Nature Reserve is a short walk from the centre of town along Barton Street and just past the hospital, opposite Morrison’s supermarket.
Parking
Site Map
Entry points and What 3 Words location
1. Opposite Morrisons A438 (bus stop)
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3. River Tirlebrook (South) under A38 bypass entrance from Walton Cardiff ///retrieves.efficient.coining
5. Compost corner entrance (bus stop)
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7. Abbey Meadow
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9. Community orchard entrance (Queens Road, Priors Park) ///cherub.obtain.broccoli
11. River Swilgate (South) entrance from Link road entrance ///water.assembles.tracks
13. Oldfield road entrance
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2. River Tirlebrook (North )under A38 bypass entrance from Walton Cardiff ///mouth.deflated.swarm
4. Main car park (off A38)
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6. Vine Way Path (Off A38, Arrivals roundabout end) – bus stop ///currently.scratches.hills
8. Coventry Close (off Queens Road, Priors Park) ///howler.disengage.proofs
10. Queen’s Road (by football pitch)
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12. River Swilgate (North) entrance from Link road entrance ///snitch.suffix.hazelnuts
14. Barton Court entrance (Morrisons)
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If you are looking for ideas for activities you can do at the reserve, head over to our “what can I do?” section.
Facilities
Please note there are no facilities (such as toilets or catering) on the reserve. The Wheatpieces is a family-friendly pub and restaurant, located opposite our main entrance. There are numerous coffee and tea shops, restaurants and public houses in the centre of Tewkesbury, only a few minutes’ walk away.
Please note also that most of the paths on the reserve are natural grass paths, which can be muddy at all times of the year depending on the weather: please wear appropriate footwear. The reserve is liable to flooding following heavy rain and can become inaccessible.
Location
Our unique location, only a few hundred yards from the historic centre of Tewkesbury and only a mile from junction 9 the M5 motorway, provides the opportunity to offer a valuable recreational area to the town and to bring wildlife to the doorstep of some 20,000 people, while also potentially attracting visitors from much further afield.
The River Swilgate flows into the reserve from the south, and the Tirle Brook from the northeast: these two water courses converge within the site, and flow out at the northwest towards Tewkesbury Abbey, and the River Avon. The reserve is situated on a floodplain, and is subject to regular inundation. To the west and south the reserve is bordered by the busy A38 Tewkesbury Bypass, and to the east, west and north it is surrounded by residential and commercial development.
The reserve occupies 44 hectares of land to the south-east of Tewkesbury, bordered by the A38 Tewkesbury by-pass to the south and east; the A438 (from Tewkesbury town centre to M5 Junction 9) to the north, and the Stonehills and Priors Park residential estates to the west.
There is currently no access to the reserve for vehicles other than our car park. There are several pedestrian entrances. Our main entrance is from the A38 (off the roundabout for the Wheatpieces estate). The closest entrance to Tewkesbury town centre is from Link Road.
