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Basin Wood

✦ Ancient woodland7 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

53.00125, -1.88669

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ivy, Wood-sorrel, Yellow Archangel +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Wren +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Wood-sorrel, Sweet Chestnut, Beech +8 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Syrphus, Mesembrina meridiana +11 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Syrphus, Mesembrina meridiana +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Limestone WayWalking route74 km

Castleton to Rocester

Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Weaver WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km

Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase

Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route

Churnet WayWalking route

Named route

Haybank Lanepublic footpath · 428 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 428 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Farley 44public footpath · 963 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 963 mPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Route 550Cycling route

Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network

Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route13.8 km

Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Farley 22bridleway · 326 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 326 mPath type: bridleway

Green Lanebridleway · 475 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 475 mSurface unpavedPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

3,027 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,027 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

summerautumn

2026

Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +8

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025

🦌

Mammals11 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles
Shrew

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2026

Meliscaeva cinctella · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird

Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2026

Ivy · Sweet Chestnut · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Sneezewort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

IvyHedera helix
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,027 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds13 species

summerautumn

2026

Robin · Wren · Great Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +8

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
PochardAythya ferina2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025

🦌

Mammals11 species

summerautumn

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer +6

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
BadgerMeles meles
Shrew

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2026

Meliscaeva cinctella · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Green Grasshopper · 7-spot Ladybird

Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025

🌿

Plants5 species

summer

2026

Ivy · Sweet Chestnut · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Sneezewort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil

IvyHedera helix
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa2025
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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