Cotton's Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.93607, -1.89375
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route151 m▾
Named routeLength 151 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route135 m▾
Named routeLength 135 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route228 m▾
Named routeLength 228 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route911 m▾
Named routeLength 911 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Fingerpost, Stile and Footpath off Hollington Lane
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Wildlife to spot
2,381 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,381 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack Swan
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Speckled Wood · Large White · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Red Admiral · Common Darter +16
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Field Horsetail · Hawthorn · White Dead-nettle +113
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,381 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack Swan
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Speckled Wood · Large White · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Red Admiral · Common Darter +16
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Common Nettle · Broad-leaved Dock · Field Horsetail · Hawthorn · White Dead-nettle +113
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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