Threap Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.99314, -1.92402
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
- 🅿️Parking 177m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 177m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £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 km4 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Huge Tree, Staffordshire Way, Near the Ranger
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Wildlife to spot
24,972 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,972 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
🦌Mammals12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger +7
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- ShrewSoricidae
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Xanthogramma pedissequum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Lesser Celandine · Hart's-Tongue · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies +8
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Herb-Robert
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,972 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds26 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Nuthatch +21
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PochardAythya ferina
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
🦌Mammals12 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Muntjac · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger +7
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- ShrewSoricidae
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Xanthogramma pedissequum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Lesser Celandine · Hart's-Tongue · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Bluebell · Lords-and-Ladies +8
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Herb-Robert
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Red DeerCervus elaphus2025Red DeerCervus elaphus2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025BatChiroptera2025BatChiroptera2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculusRabbitOryctolagus cuniculusFeral CatFelis catus2025Feral CatFelis catus2025Geranium robertianum
Geranium robertianum
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaHimalayan BalsamImpatiens glanduliferaSnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2025