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Chantry Heath Wood

4 ha

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.35691, -1.49747

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦88+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Hobby
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Peregrine +85 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Peregrine +85 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Eupeodes luniger +33 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Red Soldier Beetle, Eupeodes luniger +33 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel, Japanese Wineberry +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel, Japanese Wineberry +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

21 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km

A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.

Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 04Walking route
Named routeRef C04Listed length 14 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Private track through Chantry Heath Wood

📷 Keith Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Private track through Chantry Heath Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Ryton Pools Country ParkUrban park3.1 km→🏞️RYTON POOLSCountry park3.1 km→🌱War Memorial ParkUrban park4.3 km→✦STONELEIGH ABBEYHistoric site2.5 km→🌱Whitley CommonUrban park3.8 km→🌱Charterhouse FieldUrban park4.7 km→

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