Foxlydiate Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.30340, -1.96890
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 283m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 283m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 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
The Gospel Hall, Foxlydiate Crescent, Batchley, Redditch
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Wildlife to spot
19,883 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,883 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Wood-sedge · Enchanter's-nightshade · Hedge Woundwort · Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup +114
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,883 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Jackdaw · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +27
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Wood-sedge · Enchanter's-nightshade · Hedge Woundwort · Common Nettle · Creeping Buttercup +114
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
- YewTaxus baccata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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