Walkwood Coppice - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.27415, -1.95662
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Monarch's Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Arden WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 42Regional walking route
Haydon Way Wood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 1.75 mLocal walking route
Miller's TrailWalking route▾
91 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Redditch Cycle Route 17Cycling route▾
From Abbey Stadium, through Abbeydale, Church Hill, Winyates, Matchborough, to Washford - mostly following the Bus Lane.
Named routeRef 17Local cycle route
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
Redditch Cycle Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
7,505 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,505 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
🐝Insects57 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Western Honey Bee · Greater Bulb-Fly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly +52
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,505 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Great Tit +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024
🐝Insects57 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) · Western Honey Bee · Greater Bulb-Fly · Speckled Bush-cricket · Dark-edged Bee-fly +52
- Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2025Baccha elongataBaccha elongata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2024Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2024Cionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosus2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024CoccidaeCoccidaeCoccidaeCoccidaeScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaPsychodaPsychodaPsychodaPsychodaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaSylvicolaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusIndet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidaeIndet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidaeSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataZyginaZyginaZyginaZyginaEupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotataEupteryx decemnotataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidaleAcletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025Acletoxenus formosusAcletoxenus formosus2025Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai2025Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai2025Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2025Peplomyza lituraPeplomyza litura2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025Yellow-legged BlackPachygaster leachii2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2025Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2025Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025Harpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracica2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2024Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2024Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2024Otiorhynchus crataegiOtiorhynchus crataegi2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2024Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2024Cheilosia caerulescensCheilosia caerulescens2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2024Bay SuckerTrioza alacris2024Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2024Campyloneura virgulaCampyloneura virgula2024Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2024Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024Hairy-legged HorseflyHybomitra bimaculata2024Hairy-legged HorseflyHybomitra bimaculata2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2024Anthocomus fasciatusAnthocomus fasciatus2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Events & activities nearby
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