The Alders - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.44908, -1.54543
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13Local cycle route
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,178 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Rabbit · Mole
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pea-leaf Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- 24-spot Ladybird
Sheep's Sorrel
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,178 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Magpie +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Rabbit · Mole
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pea-leaf Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- 24-spot Ladybird
Sheep's Sorrel
- Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2025Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2025Willow Flea BeetleCrepidodera aurata2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Events & activities nearby
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