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Chesterton Wood

✦ Ancient woodland44 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome44 ha

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52.21264, -1.50189

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦98+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Reed Bunting
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Coaches 4m away — 14 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦98+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Reed Bunting
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Coaches 4m away — 14 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Snipe +95 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Reed Bunting, Snipe +95 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, Pine Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, Pine Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Warwick-Leamington-WellesbourneCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route4.6 km

Named routeLength 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Compton Verney mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

9,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2025

Snipe · Green Woodpecker · Green Sandpiper · Redwing · Reed Bunting +56

SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common GullLarus canus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
TealAnas crecca
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MerlinFalco columbarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Barn OwlTyto alba
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus

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Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects7 species

winter

2025

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Cream-streaked Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +2

Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

autumnwinter

2025

Snipe · Green Woodpecker · Green Sandpiper · Redwing · Reed Bunting +56

SnipeGallinago gallinago
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common GullLarus canus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
MagpiePica pica
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
TealAnas crecca
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MerlinFalco columbarius
SiskinSpinus spinus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Barn OwlTyto alba
JayGarrulus glandarius
GreenfinchChloris chloris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
House SparrowPasser domesticus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
House MartinDelichon urbicum
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Roe Deer

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects7 species

winter

2025

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Cream-streaked Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird · Pine Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +2

Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Rob · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Moated site and medieval settlement remains at Church End, 600m east of Ewefields FarmHistoric site1.9 km→✦Roman rural settlement at Windmill Hill FarmHistoric site2.3 km→✦Peyto GateHistoric site1.9 km→✦Chesterton WindmillHistoric site2.2 km→✦Chesterton WindmillHistoric site2.2 km→✦Chesterton Roman TownHistoric site2.5 km→

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