Prince of Wales Wood - Conifer woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.19001, 0.48341
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,070 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,070 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cherry · Willowherb · Cleavers · Knapweed · Sow Thistle +4
- CherryPrunus
- WillowherbEpilobium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- KnapweedCentaurea
- Sow ThistleSonchus
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,070 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Chaffinch · Song Thrush · Blue Tit +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
🦌Mammals9 species
winterspringsummer
2024▾
Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat · Brown Hare · Roe Deer +4
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2023
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Common Red Soldier Beetle
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Cherry · Willowherb · Cleavers · Knapweed · Sow Thistle +4
- CherryPrunus
- WillowherbEpilobium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- KnapweedCentaurea
- Sow ThistleSonchus
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Muntjac
Muntjac
Muntiacus reevesi2023
Muntiacus reevesi2023
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023Brown RatRattus norvegicus2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Fallow DeerDama dama2023Spindle
Spindle
Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus europaeus
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinale