Leighbank Gorse - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.93790, -1.97759
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
- 🅿️Parking 241m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 241m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £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 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,454 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling +12
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Brown Hare · Otter · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Face Fly · Vine Weevil · Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly · Helophilus pendulus +2
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Nettle · Cow Parsley · Daisy · Himalayan Balsam · Lesser Celandine +77
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,454 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Starling +12
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Brown Hare · Otter · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Face Fly · Vine Weevil · Dock Bug · Batman Hoverfly · Helophilus pendulus +2
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Nettle · Cow Parsley · Daisy · Himalayan Balsam · Lesser Celandine +77
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaPink PurslaneClaytonia sibiricaGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisRock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizumRock Crane's-billGeranium macrorrhizumField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaBroad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifoliusBroad-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus latifoliusButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseLamb's-earStachys byzantinaLamb's-earStachys byzantinaKerriaKerria japonicaKerriaKerria japonicaSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaFox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiacaWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumWelsh PoppyPapaver cambricumWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusSnowberrySymphoricarpos albusNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisGlabrous WhitlowgrassErophila glabrescensGlabrous WhitlowgrassErophila glabrescensHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaBrooklimeVeronica beccabungaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusField-roseRosa arvensisField-roseRosa arvensisBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaCreeping BentAgrostis stoloniferaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgarePedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburHenbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicauleHenbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicauleWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaPoplarPopulusPoplarPopulusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensLarge Bitter-cressCardamine amaraLarge Bitter-cressCardamine amaraHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixHedera helixEvents & activities nearby
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