Grendon Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🧺Picnic🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.58954, -1.59511
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 203m 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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Quarrymans WalkWalking route▾
North Arden Trail - Parish LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Riddings Woodpublic footpath · 67 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 67 mPath type: service
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Photos
A5 Watling Street in Grendon
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Wildlife to spot
14,967 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,967 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Garganey · Pochard · Ruff +40
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Bat · Red Fox
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Speckled Wood · Small White · Emperor Dragonfly +8
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
🌿Plants7 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rhododendron · Hard-fern · Fescue · Wayfaring-tree · Adria Bellflower +2
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- FescueFestuca
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
- Garden ThymeThymus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,967 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Garganey · Pochard · Ruff +40
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Bat · Red Fox
- BatChiroptera
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Speckled Wood · Small White · Emperor Dragonfly +8
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
🌿Plants7 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rhododendron · Hard-fern · Fescue · Wayfaring-tree · Adria Bellflower +2
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- FescueFestuca
- Wayfaring-treeViburnum lantana
- Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
- Garden ThymeThymus vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hawker
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Sympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumSympetrum depressiusculumBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2024Blinks
Blinks
Montia fontana
Montia fontana
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