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The Rookery - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.28973, -1.90024

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🌿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
Parking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional 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
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route
Named routeNational walking route
Miller's TrailWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

86 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Redditch Cycle Link BCycling route
Named routeRef BLocal cycle route
Redditch Cycle Link ACycling route
Named routeRef ALocal cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 11Cycling route
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 18Cycling route
Named routeRef 18Local cycle route
Bromsgrove-Redditch Cycle Route 24Cycling route

From Bromsgrove Station to Redditch Station. Follows mostly open countryside on road.

Named routeRef 24Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Breaches Lane and Ashorne Close, Matchborough, Redditch

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Breaches Lane and Ashorne Close, Matchborough, Redditch

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Arrow Valley Country ParkUrban park1.9 km→✦Bordesley AbbeyHistoric site3.6 km→🌱Ipsley Meadows (Arrow Valley Country Park)Urban park400 m→🌱Morton Stanley ParkUrban park4.3 km→🌱Mayfields ParkUrban park2.7 km→🌱St Stephen's ChurchUrban park3.3 km→

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