Smith's Rough - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland14 ha
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.89868, -2.38634
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 552Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route6.6 km▾
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Named routeRef 552Length 307 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 552Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route556 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 556 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.9 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 6.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,176 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Indet. Deer · Fallow Deer +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Suillia variegata · Mesembrina meridiana · Dryomyza anilis · Eupeodes corollae · Meliscaeva cinctella +2
- Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,176 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common GullLarus canus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Brown Rat · Indet. Deer · Fallow Deer +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Suillia variegata · Mesembrina meridiana · Dryomyza anilis · Eupeodes corollae · Meliscaeva cinctella +2
- Suillia variegataSuillia variegata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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