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Black Hill

80 ha

📷 Rude Health · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome80 ha

Getting here

52.40534, -2.99032

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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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

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

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker +68 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker +68 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bramble, Bilberry, Sessile Oak +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Bramble, Common Mouse-ear +90 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Creeping Buttercup, Bramble, Common Mouse-ear +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Garden Chafer, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Garden Chafer, Dark-edged Bee-fly, Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 03Walking route18.1 km
Named routeRef ShW03Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 04Walking route18 km
Named routeRef ShW04Length 18 kmLocal walking route
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Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

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Wildlife to spot

Photos

Black Hill

📷 Rude Health · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Clun CastleHistoric site3.4 km→✦Clun Castle: a motte and bailey castle and formal garden earthworksHistoric site3.5 km→⛪St George's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.9 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.7 km→✦Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairnHistoric site1.4 km→

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