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Stourhead

Adrian Farwell · CC BY 3.0

28% trees around it and 1,269 species recorded.

58Forestyas Score

ProtectedFungiWildlife

  • trees within 3 km28%
  • wild within 10 km78%
  • species recorded1,269
  • Altitude181 m

The forest around

28% 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 27%Grassland 40%Water 2%Cropland 30%Built-up 1%Trees 29%Grassland 31%Cropland 39%Built-up 1%Trees 23%Grassland 57%Cropland 18%Built-up 1%Trees 20%Grassland 60%Cropland 19%Built-up 2%28%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km27%
  • 1–3 km29%
  • 3–6 km23%
  • 6–10 km20%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees29%
  • Grassland31%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland39%
  • 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

1,269 species recorded.

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

Heal-all
Heal-allPrunella vulgaris122 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata120 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata117 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Timothy
TimothyPhleum pratense116 recordsBlokenearexeter · CC0
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus110 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Clover
Red CloverTrifolium pratense110 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Crested dogstail grass
Crested dogstail grassCynosurus cristatus101 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus100 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Glaucous sedge
Glaucous sedgeCarex flacca96 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Hawthorn
Common HawthornCrataegus monogyna94 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
White Clover
White CloverTrifolium repens93 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Lawn-daisy
Lawn-daisyBellis perennis92 recordsm.dolores paderne sa… · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

58out of 100

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

  • 28%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 78%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,269Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 181 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in September.

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

  1. Jan7°2°84 mm
  2. Feb8°2°65 mm
  3. Mar10°2°63 mm
  4. Apr13°4°54 mm
  5. May16°7°59 mm
  6. Jun20°10°62 mm
  7. Jul22°12°67 mm
  8. Aug21°12°72 mm
  9. Sep19°10°50 mm
  10. Oct15°8°93 mm
  11. Nov11°5°92 mm
  12. Dec8°3°90 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Stourhead.

Grade I listed British house and garden in Wiltshire, UK

Stourhead is a protected forest in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 28% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 78% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,269 species have been recorded around it: 807 plants, 334 fungi, 99 birds and 29 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Heal-all, Ribwort plantain and Cock's-foot.

The best time to walk is in September.

Stourhead lake in midsummer - panoramio
Adrian Farwell · CC BY 3.0

Get there and walk

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.

Stourhead 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

  • 5marked trails within 5 kmMonarch's Way, Stour Valley Way, Macmillan Way and 2 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmWyndham's Oak
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmCastle Hill and 6 more
  • 17car parks within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmTwo Counties Farm, Sunnyhill Campsite, Bush Farm Bison Centre and 5 more
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmEast Barn, Gutchpool Beds, Blue Ball and 5 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • picnic sites within 4 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 Stourhead.

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.

Peakyas12 mountains within 25 km
White Sheet Hill245 m · 2.6 kmLamyatt Beacon11 kmCley Hill12 kmDuncliffe Hill210 m · 12 kmMelbury Hill263 m · 17 kmBreeze Hill262 m · 18 kmHambledon Hill192 m · 23 kmHod Hill143 m · 25 km
Islandyasthe island
Great Britain228,938 km²
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Cranborne ChaseBortle 4 · 25 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
King Alfred's Tower3.4 kmCranmore Tower15 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 km
Stoke Lane Slocker17 kmShatter Cave18 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.

Stourhead - Pont pal·ladià
Josep Renalias · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stourhead Bridge A
Hamburg103a · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stourhead Grotto Cave
Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Stourhead

United Kingdom

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 28%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 1,269Species

New Forest

United Kingdom · 56 km

  • 89Forestyas Score
  • 83%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 2,114Species

See the guide

Forest of Dean

United Kingdom · 78 km

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

See the guide

Prior Park Landscape Garden

United Kingdom · 29 km

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

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q301338) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species29,336 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here