Stansmore Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.00135, -2.05825
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
Quarry Bankpublic footpath · 386 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 386 mPath type: track
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Lapwing · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +39
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Brown Hare · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Rabbit · Badger +6
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Red Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog · Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- NewtTriturus
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Broad Centurion · Broad-bodied Chaser · Mesembrina meridiana · Cuckoo-Spit Insect
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Golden Crocus · Yew · Daisy · Rosebay Willowherb · Broad-leaved Dock +2
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,910 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRaven · Lapwing · Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +39
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
🦌Mammals11 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Brown Hare · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Rabbit · Badger +6
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Red Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog · Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- NewtTriturus
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Broad Centurion · Broad-bodied Chaser · Mesembrina meridiana · Cuckoo-Spit Insect
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
Golden Crocus · Yew · Daisy · Rosebay Willowherb · Broad-leaved Dock +2
- Golden CrocusCrocus chrysanthus
- YewTaxus baccata2025
- DaisyBellis perennis2025
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cervus elaphus2025
Cervus elaphus2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025MoleTalpa europaea2023MoleTalpa europaea2023ShrewSoricidae2023ShrewSoricidae2023Indet. DeerCervidae2023Indet. DeerCervidae20232025
2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Events & activities nearby
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