Beehive Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
52.73664, -1.61985
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface pavementslabs
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route136 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 136 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
13,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,582 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
🌿Plants110 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Creeping Buttercup · Pedunculate Oak · Hogweed · Common Nettle · Cock's-foot +105
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,582 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
🌿Plants110 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Creeping Buttercup · Pedunculate Oak · Hogweed · Common Nettle · Cock's-foot +105
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas