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🦅 Birds✦ Heritage🦉 Wildlife
Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Getting here
52.63251, -1.69635
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Magpie ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
Best for 9 activities 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Free Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Mute Swan +74 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
✦ Heritage
Very strong match
Free Grade I listed building: TAMWORTH CASTLE; Historic site
Birds — Mallard, Magpie, Mute Swan +74 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
🌳 Ancient woodland
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
💜 Bluebell walks
Strong match
Free Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Free Insects — Corizus hyoscyami, Epistrophe eligans, Greater Bulb-Fly +75 more · last seen 2026
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England Way Walking route ▾ Named route Listed length 161km Regional walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- Canal Route Walking route 19 km ▾ Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named route Ref TW-C Length 19 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map E2 hiking trail Birmingham Walking route ▾ Named route National walking route
Show on map The Tame Way- River Route Walking route 29 km ▾ Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~9h
Named route Ref TW-R Length 29 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike route Mountain bike route ▾ Named route Round trip
Show on map ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
▾ Tamworth Castle from the footbridge over the River Anker
‹ › Photos Tamworth Castle from the footbridge over the River Anker
‹ › Facilities 🅿️ Parking
Holloway Car Park · Paid · 100m
Good to know £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome
Weather for this location Next 14 days Nearby places Useful places within 5 km
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UK green spaces mapped from open public data — so anyone can find the woodland, trail, or nature reserve closest to them.
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Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva2025
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2024
Birch Catkin Bug Kleidocerys resedae2024
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni2024
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni2024
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2024
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum2024
Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida2024
Pouting Woodlouse-fly Rhinophora lepida2024
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025
Twin-spot Centurion Sargus bipunctatus2025
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025
Bright Four-spined Legionnaire Chorisops nagatomii2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Pipiza Pipiza2025
Pipiza Pipiza2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Empis livida Empis livida2025
Empis livida Empis livida2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Mystacides azurea Mystacides azurea2025
Mystacides azurea Mystacides azurea2025
Tipula lunata Tipula lunata2025
Tipula lunata Tipula lunata2025
Nyctia halterata Nyctia halterata2025
Nyctia halterata Nyctia halterata2025
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2025
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri2025
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2025
Bembidion obliquum Bembidion obliquum2025
Bembidion obliquum Bembidion obliquum2025
Acupalpus dubius Acupalpus dubius2025
Acupalpus dubius Acupalpus dubius2025
Elaphrus riparius Elaphrus riparius2025
Elaphrus riparius Elaphrus riparius2025
Bembidion dentellum Bembidion dentellum2025
Bembidion dentellum Bembidion dentellum2025
Bembidion lunatum Bembidion lunatum2025
Bembidion lunatum Bembidion lunatum2025
Bembidion aeneum Bembidion aeneum2025
Bembidion aeneum Bembidion aeneum2025
Loricera pilicornis Loricera pilicornis2025
Loricera pilicornis Loricera pilicornis2025
Pterostichus diligens Pterostichus diligens2025
Pterostichus diligens Pterostichus diligens2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Abia Abia2025
Abia Abia2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella2025
Eudasyphora cyanella Eudasyphora cyanella2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria2025
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes2025
Norellia spinipes Norellia spinipes2025
Neomyia cornicina Neomyia cornicina2025
Neomyia cornicina Neomyia cornicina2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus2025
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus2025
Lispocephala brachialis Lispocephala brachialis2025
Lispocephala brachialis Lispocephala brachialis2025
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa2024
Phaonia subventa Phaonia subventa2024
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2024
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus2024
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2024
Phaonia signata Phaonia signata2024
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2024
Syrphus ribesii Syrphus ribesii2024
Didea fasciata Didea fasciata2024
Didea fasciata Didea fasciata2024
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis2024
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis2024
Cordilura ciliata Cordilura ciliata2024
Cordilura ciliata Cordilura ciliata2024
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2024
Nettle Groundbug Heterogaster urticae2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2024
Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latifasciatus2024
Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes latifasciatus2024
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2024
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae2024
Heterotoma planicornis Heterotoma planicornis2024
Heterotoma planicornis Heterotoma planicornis2024
Dark-winged Black Pachygaster atra2024
Dark-winged Black Pachygaster atra2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2024
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata2024
Baccha elongata Baccha elongata2024
Yellow-legged Black Pachygaster leachii2024
Yellow-legged Black Pachygaster leachii2024
Common Green Colonel Oplodontha viridula2024
Common Green Colonel Oplodontha viridula2024
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola2024
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly Rhagio lineola2024
Athripsodes albifrons Athripsodes albifrons2024
Athripsodes albifrons Athripsodes albifrons2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2024
Black Colonel Odontomyia tigrina2024
Black Colonel Odontomyia tigrina2024
Stictopleurus Stictopleurus2024
Stictopleurus Stictopleurus2024 2025
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Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2025
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris2025
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica2025
Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica2025
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium2025
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025
Three-cornered Garlic Allium triquetrum2025
Three-cornered Garlic Allium triquetrum2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris2025
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2025
Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
Cowslip Primula veris2025
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2025
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens2025
Bulrush Typha latifolia2025
Bulrush Typha latifolia2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2025
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2025
Butterbur Petasites hybridus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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