The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.73981, -1.77989
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route117 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
31,207 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,207 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Blackbird · Robin · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw +34
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Mole · Muntjac · American Mink
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- American MinkNeovison vison
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Garlic Mustard · Yarrow · Common Mallow · Daisy · Blackthorn +63
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,207 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Blackbird · Robin · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw +34
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Mole · Muntjac · American Mink
- MoleTalpa europaea
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- American MinkNeovison vison
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Garlic Mustard · Yarrow · Common Mallow · Daisy · Blackthorn +63
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas