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The Common - Broadleaved woodland

4 ha

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.35420, -1.56295

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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
  • 🅿️Parking 201m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Cycling

Named cycling route nearby: Route 52

Varies

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

23 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Millennium TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 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
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Cycling

40 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
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Horse riding

7 public paths nearby

Public paths
Kenilworth Greenwaybridleway · 297 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 297 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Kenilworth Greenwaybridleway · 62 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 62 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Greenway Bridgebridleway · 38 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Kenilworth Greenwaybridleway · 146 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 146 mSurface asphaltPath type: path
Kenilworth Greenwaybridleway · 51 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 51 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

South West from Common Lane bridge

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

South West from Common Lane bridge

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Kenilworth AbbeyHistoric site1.6 km→🌱Abbey FieldsUrban park1.6 km→✦Kenilworth Castle: a motte and bailey and enclosure castle with mere, dams and 16th century gardensHistoric site2.1 km→✦STONELEIGH ABBEYHistoric site3 km→🌱Canley CorridorUrban park4.7 km→🌱Black PadUrban park1.3 km→

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