Badger Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.76839, -1.59837
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe 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▾
104 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route730 m▾
Named routeLength 730 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Woodland Road, Castle Gresley
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Wildlife to spot
6,193 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,193 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling
Cleavers · Silver Birch · Cow Parsley · White Clover · Sticky Mouse-ear +111
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,193 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling
Cleavers · Silver Birch · Cow Parsley · White Clover · Sticky Mouse-ear +111
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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