Hill Crofts - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.15035, 0.36356
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,176 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +32
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Bat · Muntjac · Otter +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Ruddy Darter
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +32
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Bat · Muntjac · Otter +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- OtterLutra lutra2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Ruddy Darter
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis2025
Sciurus carolinensis2025
BadgerMeles meles2025BadgerMeles meles2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025