🌞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
🅿️Parking
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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8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Two Saints WayWalking route148 km▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Tolkien Trail Cannock Chase WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named routeRegional walking route
🚴
Cycling
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Cannock Chase Heritage TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Follow the DogMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Follow the DogRound tripLocal cycle route
