Eid Low Plantation - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland23 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
53.00239, -1.86967
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️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 357m away — 2 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 357m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 15Walking route12.9 km▾
Named routeLength 12.9 kmRegional walking route
Farley 44public footpath · 963 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 963 mPath type: footway
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
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Wildlife to spot
3,196 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,196 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Blackbird · Coot · Mallard · Mandarin Duck +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mole · Field Vole · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Rhingia
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- RhingiaRhingia2025
Sycamore · Ivy · Cow Parsley · Lesser Celandine · Red Campion +21
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- IvyHedera helix
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,196 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mute Swan · Blackbird · Coot · Mallard · Mandarin Duck +41
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Mole · Field Vole · Muntjac · Brown Hare · Red Fox
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Rhingia
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- RhingiaRhingia2025
Sycamore · Ivy · Cow Parsley · Lesser Celandine · Red Campion +21
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- IvyHedera helix
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
- Red CampionSilene dioica2025
- White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
