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Maxstoke Castle

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📷 Adrian Rothery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.49939, -1.67166

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck +90 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Heritage

Very strong match

Free

Grade I listed building: MAXSTOKE CASTLE; Historic site

Ancient woodland

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Tufted Duck +90 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland

Bluebell walks

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Free

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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13 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Heart of England WayWalking route▾

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route▾

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route▾

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 20Walking route▾

Named routeRef C20Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 20A (short-cut for C20)Walking route▾

Named routeRef C20ALocal walking route

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Cycling

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4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cole Valley RouteCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

3 Parks Cycle Route- Silver Route (Airport Viewing Area to Meriden Park)Cycling route2.7 km▾

The all-weather route follows the valley of the Hatchford, Westley and Kingshurst Brooks whilst passing through an attractive mixture of formal parkland, wooded areas and open grassland.

Named routeRef 3PSLength 2.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Godwin WayCycling route▾

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,767 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

4,767 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds93 species

summer

2025

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Pied Wagtail · Great Crested Grebe

+88 more species

All 93 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
GadwallMareca strepera2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Common TernSterna hirundo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Little TernSternula albifrons
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2022
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
ScaupAythya marila2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare

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Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Rhabdomiris striatellus · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,767 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds93 species

summer

2025

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Pied Wagtail · Great Crested Grebe

+88 more species

All 93 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
CootFulica atra2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
GadwallMareca strepera2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Common TernSterna hirundo
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Great TitParus major2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
MagpiePica pica2023
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
House MartinDelichon urbicum
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
Little TernSternula albifrons
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
DunlinCalidris alpina2023
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
Common GullLarus canus2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2021
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2023
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
RedshankTringa totanus2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2022
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
ScaupAythya marila2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Rock DoveColumba livia2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2023

Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Broad-bodied Chaser · Rhabdomiris striatellus · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

15 photos from nearby open sources

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📷 Adrian Rothery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Maxstoke Castle

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Photos

📷 Adrian Rothery · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Maxstoke Castle

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Parking

1 nearby · 437m

Free entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Meriden ParkUrban park4.8 km→🌱The CroftUrban park2.3 km→🌱Coleshill Memorial ParkUrban park2.6 km→🌱Cole End Park & Nature ReserveUrban park2.7 km→🌱KingfisherUrban park4.6 km→✦PACKINGTON HALLHistoric site5 km→