The Belt - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife〰Water
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.75069, -1.82669
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
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
- 🐕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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
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
9 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 route36 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Manor Thatch, King's Bromley
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Wildlife to spot
4,052 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Little Egret · Egyptian Goose · Goosander · Redwing · Oystercatcher +41
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
Beaver · Otter · Mole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +6
- BeaverCastor fiber
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Willow Aphid · Corizus hyoscyami · Dead-Nettle Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber +2
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
- Dead-Nettle Leaf BeetleChrysolina fastuosa2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber
Harebell · Polypody · Strawberry-tree · Hop · Common Meadow-rue
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo
- HopHumulus lupulus
- Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Little Egret · Egyptian Goose · Goosander · Redwing · Oystercatcher +41
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- Great TitParus major2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2021
Beaver · Otter · Mole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +6
- BeaverCastor fiber
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- BadgerMeles meles2025
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Willow Aphid · Corizus hyoscyami · Dead-Nettle Leaf Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber +2
- Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2024
- Dead-Nettle Leaf BeetleChrysolina fastuosa2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber
Harebell · Polypody · Strawberry-tree · Hop · Common Meadow-rue
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- PolypodyPolypodium vulgare
- Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo
- HopHumulus lupulus
- Common Meadow-rueThalictrum flavum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2024
Vulpes vulpes2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2022Brown HareLepus europaeus2022American MinkNeovison vison2025American MinkNeovison vison2025Common ShrewSorex araneus2025Common ShrewSorex araneus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022HedgehogErinaceus europaeus20222023
2023
HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023