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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.75473, -1.59092
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 88m away — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 88m away — 18 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Long-tailed Tit +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Carrion Crow, Long-tailed Tit +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Anemone, Garlic Mustard, Cleavers +23 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Anemone, Garlic Mustard, Cleavers +23 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Large White +20 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Large White +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Red Dead-nettle, Blackthorn
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route730 m▾
Named routeLength 730 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface pavementslabs
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
18,777 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,777 records · National Biodiversity NetworkXestophanes potentillae
- Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae
🌿Plants116 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cleavers · Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Hogweed · Silver Birch +111
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,777 records · National Biodiversity NetworkXestophanes potentillae
- Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae
🌿Plants116 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Cleavers · Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Hogweed · Silver Birch +111
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas