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foundations of Barrack Blocks? (2 of 6)

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 224m away — 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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🛝Playground 224m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

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🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Peregrine +84 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Hobby, Peregrine +84 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dock Bug, 14-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +79 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dock Bug, 14-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

22 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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

ACW Circular Walk 04Walking route

Named routeRef C04Listed length 14 kmLocal walking route

Hall Drivepublic footpath · 167 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 167 mSurface pebblestonePath type: track

Hall Drivepublic footpath · 176 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 176 mSurface pebblestonePath type: track

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Cycling

51 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13Local cycle route

Route 52Cycling route

Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network

Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route

Named routeRef 2Local cycle route

Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route

Named routeRef 10Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

15,407 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

15,407 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Little Ringed Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Blue Tit · Magpie +32

Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great TitParus major2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Falco columbarius aesalonFalco columbarius aesalon2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2025

Eupeodes · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug +27

EupeodesEupeodes
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media
SyrphusSyrphus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cottony Camellia ScalePulvinaria floccifera
EumerusEumerus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

15,407 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Little Ringed Plover · Hobby · Peregrine · Blue Tit · Magpie +32

Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JackdawColoeus monedula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Great TitParus major2025
BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
SwiftApus apus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Falco columbarius aesalonFalco columbarius aesalon2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025

🐝

Insects32 species

summer

2025

Eupeodes · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug +27

EupeodesEupeodes
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
Platycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatus
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media
SyrphusSyrphus
Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Cottony Camellia ScalePulvinaria floccifera
EumerusEumerus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Neil Owen · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱War Memorial ParkUrban park2.7 km→🌱Ryton Pools Country ParkUrban park4 km→🏞️RYTON POOLSCountry park4 km→🌱Whitley CommonUrban park1.9 km→🌱Charterhouse FieldUrban park2.8 km→🌱Charterhouse Heritage ParkUrban park2.8 km→

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