☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking on site — 4 car parks within reach
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking
Best for
7 activities
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Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
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Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Two Saints WayWalking route148 km▾
Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad
Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Tame Way- Canal RouteWalking route19 km▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a river walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~5h
Named routeRef TW-CLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
The Tame Way- River RouteWalking route29 km▾
Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people.
Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas.
Duration ~9h
Named routeRef TW-RLength 29 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling
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4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
N/ACycling route228 m▾
Named routeLength 228 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route59 m▾
Named routeLength 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route61 m▾
Named routeLength 61 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeLength 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Horse riding
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1 public path nearby
Public paths
Knox's Grave Lanebridleway · 712 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 712 mSurface pavedPath type: track
