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Places › England › West Midlands › Telford and Wrekin Getting here
52.71573, -2.51110
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Caffe Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Caffe Bistro — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Peregrine +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Peregrine +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Common Sorrel, Pedunculate Oak +18 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Gypsywort, Hogweed, White Clover +128 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Gypsywort, Hogweed, White Clover +128 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Telford T50 Walking route 50 km ▾
The T50 Trail links parks, woods, nature reserves, and historic sites across Telford, starting and ending at Town Park. It’s easily accessible from estates and bus routes, with key points at Ironbridge, The Wrekin, Lilleshall Hill, and Granville Park.
Named route Length 50 km Local walking route
Show on map Shropshire Way - stage 10 Walking route 18.1 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW10 Length 18.1 km Local walking route
Show on map South Telford Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map South Telford Heritage Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Shropshire Way - stage 09 Walking route 17.1 km ▾
Named route Ref ShW09 Length 17.1 km Local walking route
Show on map 56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Silkin Way Cycling route ▾
Cycle route that follows disused railway lines and canal beds. The path was opened in 1977 by Prime Minister James Callaghan, and was named after Lord Silkin; who was a parliamentarian responsible for creating New Towns including Telford.
Named route Ref SW Local cycle route
Show on map Around the Wrekin Cycling route ▾
Part of Telford Strategic Cycle Routes
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Telford Strategic Cycling Network Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 81 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 81 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 55 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 55 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 40 m ▾
Named route Ref 81 Length 40 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
20,771 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 20,771 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Merlin · Peregrine · Hobby +32
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Garganey Spatula querquedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Falco subbuteo subbuteo Falco subbuteo subbuteo2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 11 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Platycis minutus · Adonis' Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 24-spot Ladybird +6
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Platycis minutus Platycis minutus Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Razor Strop Fungus · Neosetophoma samarorum · Violet Bramble Rust · Glistening Inkcap · Candlesnuff Fungus +7
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Neosetophoma samarorum Neosetophoma samarorum Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum Glistening Inkcap Coprinellus micaceus Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Turkeytail Trametes versicolor Hairy Curtain Crust 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Greater Quaking-grass · Gypsywort · Small Toadflax · Moschatel
Greater Quaking-grass Briza maxima Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus Moschatel Adoxa moschatellina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 20,771 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Merlin · Peregrine · Hobby +32
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Merlin Falco columbarius2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Dunnock Prunella modularis Robin Erithacus rubecula Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Garganey Spatula querquedula2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Falco subbuteo subbuteo Falco subbuteo subbuteo2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2025 ▾
Great Crested Newt
Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus 🐝 Insects 11 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Darter · Platycis minutus · Adonis' Ladybird · Common Red Soldier Beetle · 24-spot Ladybird +6
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Platycis minutus Platycis minutus Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Razor Strop Fungus · Neosetophoma samarorum · Violet Bramble Rust · Glistening Inkcap · Candlesnuff Fungus +7
Razor Strop Fungus Fomitopsis betulina Neosetophoma samarorum Neosetophoma samarorum Violet Bramble Rust Phragmidium violaceum Glistening Inkcap Coprinellus micaceus Candlesnuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Turkeytail Trametes versicolor Hairy Curtain Crust 🌿 Plants 4 species
spring summer winter
2025 ▾
Greater Quaking-grass · Gypsywort · Small Toadflax · Moschatel
Greater Quaking-grass Briza maxima Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus Moschatel Adoxa moschatellina Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus
Endomychus coccineus Endomychus coccineus Stereum hirsutum
Stereum hirsutum
Coral Spot Nectria cinnabarina
Coral Spot Nectria cinnabarina
Willow Bracket Phellinus igniarius
Willow Bracket Phellinus igniarius
Diaporthe samaricola Diaporthe samaricola
Diaporthe samaricola Diaporthe samaricola
Netted Crust Byssomerulius corium
Netted Crust Byssomerulius corium
Coesyn Melfed Flammulina velutipes
Coesyn Melfed Flammulina velutipes 