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Newhall Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Jonathan Clitheroe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.77644, -1.58336

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

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

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional 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

Named route

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Cycling

106 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route26 m

Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route18 m

Named routeLength 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip

Wildlife to spot

16,482 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,482 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants137 species

winterspring

2026

Dandelion · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Groundsel +132

DandelionTaraxacum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
WeldReseda luteola
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
BroomCytisus scoparius
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
YewTaxus baccata
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Common CouchElymus repens
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Small NettleUrtica urens
Common ReedPhragmites australis
BulrushTypha latifolia
HemlockConium maculatum
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,482 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants137 species

winterspring

2026

Dandelion · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill · Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Groundsel +132

DandelionTaraxacum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
WeldReseda luteola
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
HollyIlex aquifolium
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
DaisyBellis perennis
BroomCytisus scoparius
AshFraxinus excelsior
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
YewTaxus baccata
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
CleaversGalium aparine
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica
Common CouchElymus repens
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Small NettleUrtica urens
Common ReedPhragmites australis
BulrushTypha latifolia
HemlockConium maculatum
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria