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🌱 Urban park

Old Brickworks Nature Reserve

24 ha

📷 Geoff Pick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

PlayDogsFamily
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha

Getting here

52.69809, -1.98369

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Best for

4 activities

Playgrounds

Free82%

playground, parking

Dog walks

Free78%

Dogs allowed with public access

Family friendly

Free68%

Urban park — family destination

Picnic day out

Free62%

Urban park — open green space

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

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9 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Two Saints WayWalking route148 km▾

Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad

Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Tolkien Trail Cannock Chase WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Four Commons WalkWalking route9.5 km▾

Circular route following the Wyrley & Essington Canal to Clayhanger Common – one of Walsall’s much-loved areas of green, open space. Distance: 6 miles/9.5 km(approx) Duration: 120 mins(approx)

Named routeLength 9.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

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31 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cannock Chase Heritage TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
McClean WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route393 m▾
Named routeLength 393 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
Main RouteCycling route178 m▾
Named routeRef 5Length 178 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

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4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Follow the DogMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Follow the DogRound tripLocal cycle route
Fair Oak Pools TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
The Monkey TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Monkey TrailRound tripLocal cycle route
Sherbrook Valley TrailMountain bike route▾
Named route

About this urban park

Old Brickworks Nature Reserve is a urban park covering 24 hectares.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Old Brickworks Nature Reserve, Hednesford

📷 Geoff Pick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Old Brickworks Nature Reserve, Hednesford

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🌱 Visiting this spring

  • 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
  • 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best

Facilities

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Parking

4 nearby · 289m

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Playground

296m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Mill Green Nature ParkUrban park2.4 km→🌱Cannock ParkUrban park3.5 km→🌱St John's ChurchUrban park700 m→🌱Fair Lady CoppiceUrban park1.6 km→🌱Hazelslade WoodUrban park2.2 km→🌱Mill Green Nature ParkUrban park2.4 km→