Coal mining remains immediately north east of Horseditch House on Clee Hill
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.39322, -2.59377
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Stonechat and Kestrel
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Stonechat, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit +56 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Stonechat, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit +56 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Hawker, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly +24 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Buckler-Fern, Broad Buckler-fern, Hard-fern +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 06Walking route17.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW06Length 17.1 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way (Route 11, Link to Severn Way)Walking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 07Walking route17.6 km▾
Named routeRef ShW07Length 17.6 kmLocal walking route
Photos
The road down from Titterstone Clee Hill
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
10,822 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,822 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Wheatear · Raven +31
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Green Grasshopper · Common Blue Damselfly +1
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Ivy-leaved Bellflower · Sand Spurrey · Lesser Spearwort · Mat-grass · Carnation Sedge +26
- Ivy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederacea
- Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,822 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Kestrel · Stonechat · Meadow Pipit · Wheatear · Raven +31
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Darter · Common Green Grasshopper · Common Blue Damselfly +1
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Ivy-leaved Bellflower · Sand Spurrey · Lesser Spearwort · Mat-grass · Carnation Sedge +26
- Ivy-leaved BellflowerWahlenbergia hederacea
- Sand SpurreySpergularia rubra
- Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
- Mat-grassNardus stricta
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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