Lodge Hill Wood - Woodland
19 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.19313, 0.47163
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,994 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,994 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +40
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,994 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackcap · Chaffinch · Carrion Crow · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Woodpigeon +40
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2023▾
Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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