🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
4 activities
🦉
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
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Sutton Park Archeology Walk 5: Blackroot BistroWalking route▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via an 18th-century racecourse and golf course, medieval deer park, and quarry created for an 18th-century mill pond dam.
Named routeRef AW5BBRound tripLocal walking route
Sutton Park Archeology Walk 6: Bracebridge PoolWalking route▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via a medieval fish pond, 16th-century wood, WWI military practice trenches, mysterious earthwork, and 19th-century estate.
Named routeRef AW6BPRound tripLocal walking route
Beacon WayWalking route40 km▾
Starting at Sandwell Valley via the outskirts of Birmingham and the countryside of Walsall into Staffordshire. Take in the Forest of Mercia, lakes, nature reserves, woods, and canal banks. Named after Barr Beacon, one of the highest hills in this area.
Named routeLength 40 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Sutton Park Archeology Walk 4: Boldmere GateWalking route▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via an 18th-century Mill Pond, 16th-century wood, medieval deer park, hollow way, and medieval fish pond.
Named routeRef AW4BoGRound tripLocal walking route
Sutton Park Archeology Walk 2: Town GateWalking route▾
Most of Sutton Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and contains archaeological remains. This trail, one of six in the park, is via a medieval pond, medieval deer park, 16th-century wood, and 18th-century Mill Pond.
Named routeRef AW2TGRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling
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69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
[PROPOSED]Sandwell Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sandwell Local Cycle Network (Proposed)
Named routeLocal cycle route
North Birmingham Walking and Cycling RouteCycling route▾
Route 535 is a small cycle route from National Cycle Route 5 in Birmingham City Centre to Gravelly Hill, which carries on for a short way along the Tame Valley Canal
Named routeRef 535National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 534Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 534National Cycle Network
SCWIP Cycle Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef SCWIP CR15Local cycle route
New Hall Valley Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 534National Cycle Network
Connect2Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Icknield Streetbyway open to all traffic · 252 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 252 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Icknield Streetbyway open to all traffic · 61 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 61 mPath type: footway
