Kingstone Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.85299, -1.91201
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,087 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,087 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Great Tit +35
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
🦌Mammals18 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Mole +13
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Rabbit
Corizus hyoscyami · 2-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Greater Horntail Wasp
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Ground-ivy · Goat Willow · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +11
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,087 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Great Tit +35
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Emperor GooseAnser canagicus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2020
- CuckooCuculus canorus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
🦌Mammals18 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Mole +13
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Rabbit
Corizus hyoscyami · 2-spot Ladybird · Banded Demoiselle · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Greater Horntail Wasp
- Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2023
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas2020
Lesser Celandine · Red Dead-nettle · Ground-ivy · Goat Willow · Greater Bird's-foot-trefoil +11
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2025
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2025Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri2025NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024Fallow DeerDama damaFallow DeerDama damaHedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021Red FoxVulpes vulpes2021Bank VoleMyodes glareolusBank VoleMyodes glareolusOtterLutra lutra2025OtterLutra lutra2025Feral CatFelis catus2024Feral CatFelis catus2024Brown RatRattus norvegicus2021Brown RatRattus norvegicus2021Indet. DeerCervidae2021Indet. DeerCervidae2021Common ShrewSorex araneus2021Common ShrewSorex araneus2021Centaurea nigra
Centaurea nigra
Centaurea nigra2025
Centaurea nigra2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022Norway MapleAcer platanoides2022YewTaxus baccata2022YewTaxus baccata2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2022Sweet-WilliamDianthus barbatus2022CowslipPrimula veris2022CowslipPrimula veris2022SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2022SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Red CloverTrifolium pratense2022Events & activities nearby
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