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Batten's Wood - Broadleaved woodland

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeDogsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.08033, -2.07035

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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
  • 🅿️Parking 234m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

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

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km

A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.

Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Pershore Bridges Circular WalkWalking route5 km
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
Wychavon Way (old)Walking route

A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.

Named route
Eckington Wharf Circular WalkWalking route3.5 km

A 3.5 mile, waymarked riverside walk in the Worcestershire countryside

Named routeLength 3.5 kmLocal walking route
Avon Waypublic footpath · 266 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mPath type: footway
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Cycling

30 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network
Pershore railway station cycle routeCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Mercian Way LinkCycling route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 21Cycling route
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route911 m
Named routeRef 41Length 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Mongcroft Roadbridleway · 423 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 423 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

The Quay, Great Comberton

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

The Quay, Great Comberton

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🌱Abbey ParkUrban park3.2 km→✦SundialHistoric site3.2 km→🌱Abbey ParkUrban park3.3 km→🌱St Mary's ChurchUrban park3.3 km→🌱Saint Andrews GardensUrban park3.4 km→🦉AVON MEADOWSNature reserve4.1 km→

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