Sweet Laud's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.45424, -1.46342
Open directionsv
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
- 📍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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Centenary Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km28 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11Listed length 15 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 11A (short-cut on C11)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C11ALocal walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
7,398 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,398 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard · Blue Tit +39
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Harvest Mouse · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Otiorhynchus · Juniper Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- OtiorhynchusOtiorhynchus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Beggarticks · Monkeyflower Species
- BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,398 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Magpie · Moorhen · Mallard · Blue Tit +39
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Harvest Mouse · Mole · Grey Squirrel
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Otiorhynchus · Juniper Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · Eristalis tenax +8
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- OtiorhynchusOtiorhynchus
- Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Beggarticks · Monkeyflower Species
- BeggarticksBidens frondosa
- Monkeyflower SpeciesErythranthe
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025MystacidesMystacides2025MystacidesMystacides2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025