Chantry Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland24 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
52.44723, -1.61580
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named hiking route nearby: E2 hiking trail Birmingham
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km31 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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
ACW Circular Walk 01Walking route▾
Named routeRef C01Listed length 11 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 01A (short-cut for C01)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C01ALocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
[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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Wildlife to spot
7,602 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,602 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus · Platycheirus · Varied Carpet Beetle +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
🌿Plants4 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Smoothcap · Forked Veilwort · Raspberry · Wood-sorrel
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,602 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🐝Insects16 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Platycheirus albimanus · Platycheirus · Varied Carpet Beetle +11
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
🌿Plants4 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Smoothcap · Forked Veilwort · Raspberry · Wood-sorrel
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
- RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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