Kids Wood - Broadleaved woodland 2 ha
🎠 Play🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › Newcastle-under-Lyme Getting here
53.09133, -2.23187
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 201m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km 10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Two Saints Way Walking route 148 km ▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named route Ref TSW Length 148 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Trent Valley Way Walking route 304 km ▾
Named route Length 304 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Cheshire Ring Canal Walk Walking route ▾
Newcastle Way Walking route 40 km ▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named route Length 40 km Regional walking route
Show on map Gritstone Trail (Rushton Spencer - Kidsgrove) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 70 Regional cycle route
Show on map National Route 555 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 555 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 55 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 55 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 54 m ▾
Named route Ref 5 Length 54 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
16,696 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 16,696 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 56 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Hobby · Magpie · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +51
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Falco subbuteo subbuteo Falco subbuteo subbuteo2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Indet. Deer · Otter · American Mink · Rabbit
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Indet. Deer Cervidae2025 Otter Lutra lutra2025 American Mink Neovison vison2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans 🌿 Plants 16 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Alder · Ash · Creeping Thistle · Field Maple · Hawthorn +11
Grey Alder Alnus incana2025 Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Field Maple Acer campestre2025 Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025 Broad-leaved Dock Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 16,696 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 56 species
summer winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Hobby · Magpie · Mallard · Black-headed Gull +51
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Hobby Falco subbuteo2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Coot Fulica atra Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Falco subbuteo subbuteo Falco subbuteo subbuteo2025 Peregrine Falco peregrinus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia2025 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2024 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Raven Corvus corax2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 🦌 Mammals 5 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Indet. Deer · Otter · American Mink · Rabbit
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Indet. Deer Cervidae2025 Otter Lutra lutra2025 American Mink Neovison vison2025 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 2 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Blue-tailed Damselfly
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans 🌿 Plants 16 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Grey Alder · Ash · Creeping Thistle · Field Maple · Hawthorn +11
Grey Alder Alnus incana2025 Ash Fraxinus excelsior2025 Creeping Thistle Cirsium arvense2025 Field Maple Acer campestre2025 Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna2025 Broad-leaved Dock Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rumex obtusifolius2025
Rumex obtusifolius2025
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025
Dogwood Cornus sanguinea2025
Dandelion Taraxacum
Dandelion Taraxacum
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2025
Bullace Prunus domestica subsp. insititia2025
Bullace Prunus domestica subsp. insititia2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hazel Corylus avellana2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025
Alder Alnus glutinosa2025 