Hanging Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.24061, -1.98416
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 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
Wychavon WayWalking route67 km▾
A route from Holt Fleet on the River Severn to Winchcombe in the Cotswolds.
Named routeRef WyWLength 67 kmRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Redditch Cycle Route 14Cycling route▾
From Crabbs Cross, Oakenshaw, Greenlands, Ipsley, Washford, Matchborough, to Mappleborough Green. A mixture of roads, paths, and paved bridleways.
Named routeRef 14Local cycle route
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 19Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Round tripLocal cycle route
Redditch Cycle Link BCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLocal cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18Local cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
10,558 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,558 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow +46
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Four-spotted Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +24
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Willow Emerald Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,558 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumn
2025▾
Wren · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow +46
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RavenCorvus corax
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- CootFulica atra
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
🦌Mammals5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Roe Deer · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Fallow Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
Azure Damselfly · Beautiful Demoiselle · Four-spotted Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser +24
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025
- Willow Emerald Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chalcolestes viridis2025
Chalcolestes viridis2025
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2025Plagiodera versicoloraPlagiodera versicolora2025Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2025Tenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferiTenthredo arcuata/brevicornis/notha/schaefferi2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Silis ruficollisSilis ruficollis2025Silis ruficollisSilis ruficollis202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Black SnipeflyChrysopilus cristatus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025Volucella bombylans subsp. plumataVolucella bombylans subsp. plumata2025