The Folly - Conifer woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.92301, -2.41574
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Newcastle WayWalking route40 km▾
Market Drayton to Mow Cop
Named routeLength 40 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 552Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 552National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route573 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 573 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route556 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 556 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.9 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 6.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,704 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,704 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Robin +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Newt
Migrant Hawker · Melanostoma · Pavid Willow Nematine · Eupeodes corollae · Sericomyia silentis +3
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Kaffir Lily
- Kaffir LilySchizostylis coccinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,704 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Robin +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RavenCorvus corax
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Newt
Migrant Hawker · Melanostoma · Pavid Willow Nematine · Eupeodes corollae · Sericomyia silentis +3
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- MelanostomaMelanostoma
- Pavid Willow NematineEuura pavida
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
Kaffir Lily
- Kaffir LilySchizostylis coccinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
