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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha

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52.45078, -1.05817

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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Hobby, Mallard, Coot +91 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Hobby, Mallard, Coot +91 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Punctelia subrudecta s. lat., King Alfred's Cakes, Common Jelly Spot +12 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Punctelia subrudecta s. lat., King Alfred's Cakes, Common Jelly Spot +12 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Common Nettle, Cock's-foot +68 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Cut-leaved Crane's-bill, Common Nettle, Cock's-foot +68 more · last seen 2024

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Dandelion, Hogweed +13 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

9,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summer

2026

Hobby · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Little Grebe · Mallard +48

HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly +8

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,052 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

summer

2026

Hobby · Swallow · Woodpigeon · Little Grebe · Mallard +48

HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Great TitParus major2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
QuailCoturnix coturnix2025
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
GarganeySpatula querquedula2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Brown Hare

Brown HareLepus europaeus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects13 species

summer

2024

Common Blue Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly +8

Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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