Woodlands Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.85075, -1.89795
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Woodside Cottages Lanebridleway · 195 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 195 mSurface dirtPath type: service
Heatley Back Lanebridleway · 77 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 77 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Heatley Back Lanebridleway · 171 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 171 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Heatley Back Lanebridleway · 16 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 16 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
3,255 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,255 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
🦌Mammals12 species
springautumn
2026▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Badger +7
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Rabbit
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Corizus hyoscyami · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Southern Hawker +1
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Ground-ivy · Goat Willow · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +17
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,255 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Carrion Crow +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
🦌Mammals12 species
springautumn
2026▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Natterer's Bat · Badger +7
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Rabbit
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Corizus hyoscyami · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Southern Hawker +1
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Ground-ivy · Goat Willow · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +17
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
MoleTalpa europaeaMoleTalpa europaeaFallow DeerDama damaFallow DeerDama damaNoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024Brown HareLepus europaeus2023Brown HareLepus europaeus2023Bank VoleMyodes glareolusBank VoleMyodes glareolusFeral CatFelis catus2024Feral CatFelis catus20242023
2023
Wood Dock
Wood Dock
Rumex sanguineus2024
Rumex sanguineus2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2023Callitriche stagnalisCallitriche stagnalis2023Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa2023Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2023Square-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023TormentilPotentilla erecta2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Soft-rushJuncus effusus2023Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023Bog PondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2023Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2023BulrushTypha latifolia2023BulrushTypha latifolia2023Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2023Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2023Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2023Square-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonum2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2023Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2023Common Spike-rushEleocharis palustris2023