The Guvnor's Belt - Conifer woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.21161, 0.35830
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
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 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
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route21 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 51Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route196 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 196 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 51Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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
5,298 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,298 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Mallard · Redwing · Barn Owl +22
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Badger · Wood Mouse · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Sainfoin · Wild Carrot · Creeping Thistle · Agrimony · Common Rock-rose +90
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,298 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Mallard · Redwing · Barn Owl +22
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Badger · Wood Mouse · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- BadgerMeles meles
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Harlequin Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Common Blue Damselfly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Sainfoin · Wild Carrot · Creeping Thistle · Agrimony · Common Rock-rose +90
- SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Common RestharrowOnonis repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
