🌞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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
6 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: North Worcestershire Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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11 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Rail Trail: Olton > ShirleyWalking route12.5 km▾
An 8-mile longer meander along the banks of the Grand Union Canal and the River Cole, through the heart of Tolkein Country!
Duration: 3.5 hours
Distance: 8 miles
Named routeRef rtOltLength 12.5 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Rail Trail: The Lakes > EarlswoodWalking route6.3 km▾
A 3-mile trail tranquil and easy route, circumnavigating Earlswood Lakes before heading into the leafy shade of Clowes Wood en-route to Earlswood.
Duration: 2 hours
Distance: 4 miles
Named routeRef rtTLaLength 6.3 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Rail Trail: Shirley > The LakesWalking route8 km▾
A 3-mile trail following the towpath along the Stratford-upon-Avon canal, across Christmas tree plantations, farmland and forests to reach Earlswood Lakes.
Duration: 3 hours
Distance: 5 miles
Named routeRef rtShiLength 8 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Rail Trail: Wythall > ShirleyWalking route4.8 km▾
A 3-mile wander through the pasture and meadows around the outer Shirley suburbs of Major’s Green and Hollywood. Eyes peeled for the Iron Age hillfort!
Duration: 1.5 hours
Distance: 3 miles
Named routeRef rtWytLength 4.8 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
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Cycling
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39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55Regional cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Cole Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Billesley & Shire Country Park CircularCycling route▾
