Pitcher Oak Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.29939, -1.96312
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 268m away — 12 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 268m away — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Network Route 5
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 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
Miller's TrailWalking route▾
Moon's Moat Nature TrailWalking route▾
Anti-Clockwise
Named routeLocal walking route
90 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55Regional cycle route
Redditch NCN 5 Alternative RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 19Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Round tripLocal 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
Photos
Footbridge over Bromsgrove Highway at Redditch
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Wildlife to spot
21,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,068 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Pied Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw +40
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Andromeda Lacebug
- Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai
Lawson Cypress · Large Bindweed · Cock's-foot · Downy Birch · Wood Dock +75
- Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,068 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Pied Wagtail · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw +40
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Andromeda Lacebug
- Andromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyai
Lawson Cypress · Large Bindweed · Cock's-foot · Downy Birch · Wood Dock +75
- Lawson CypressCupressus lawsoniana
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas