🌞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
☕Mapa Community Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
☕Mapa Community Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Best for
9 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🎠
Playgrounds
Strong match
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Strong match
Nature reserve
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
The Tame Way- Canal RouteWalking route19 km▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named routeRef TW-CLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Rail Trail: Birmingham International > Marston GreenWalking route6.4 km▾
A 4-mile walk discovering wildflower meadows, oak woodland and parkland along Low Brook on an easy route to Marston Green. Plane spotting optional!
Duration: 1.5 hours
Distance: 4 miles
Named routeRef rtBIALength 6.4 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
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Cycling
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33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 533Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 533National Cycle Network
Cole Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route
Ward End RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
3 Parks Cycle Route- Silver Route (Airport Viewing Area to Meriden Park)Cycling route2.7 km▾
The all-weather route follows the valley of the Hatchford, Westley and Kingshurst Brooks whilst passing through an attractive mixture of formal parkland, wooded areas and open grassland.
Named routeRef 3PSLength 2.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
New Hall Valley Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 534National Cycle Network
About this nature reserve
Chelmsley Wood is a Local Nature Reserve of 6 hectares in Solihull, West Midlands. The site features woodlands and open spaces that attract various bird species, with walking paths available for visitors to explore and enjoy the outdoors.
