Ruelow Wood - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.02499, -1.97944
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 km7 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Valley Woodland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodcock TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ipstones 2public footpath · 839 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 839 mPath type: path
Kingsley 7public footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: path
Kingsley 7public footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mSurface unpavedPath type: service
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 8.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Woodland by the River Churnet, Staffordshire
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Wildlife to spot
6,329 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,329 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🦌Mammals15 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Red Deer · Muntjac · Wood Mouse +10
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Dock Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Field Grasshopper +4
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Himalayan Balsam · Upright Hedge-parsley · Japanese Knotweed · Marsh Woundwort · Pendulous Sedge +6
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- Blackthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,329 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +40
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🦌Mammals15 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Red Deer · Muntjac · Wood Mouse +10
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Green Dock Beetle · Sericomyia silentis · Field Grasshopper +4
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green Dock BeetleGastrophysa viridula
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Himalayan Balsam · Upright Hedge-parsley · Japanese Knotweed · Marsh Woundwort · Pendulous Sedge +6
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
- Blackthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Figwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeFigwort WeevilCionus scrophulariaeCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusCionus tuberculosusPrunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEvents & activities nearby
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