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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
52.74771, -1.58677
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Dunnock, Robin, Carrion Crow +44 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dunnock, Robin, Carrion Crow +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Anemone, Garlic Mustard, Cleavers +22 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Wood Anemone, Garlic Mustard, Cleavers +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown +38 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Red Dead-nettle, Blackthorn
Varies
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Cladonia rangiformis · last seen 2025; Fungi — Cladonia rangiformis · last seen 2025
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Duchess Closepublic footpath · 72 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mPath type: residential
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route160 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 160 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route600 m▾
Named routeLength 600 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip
Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
23,836 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,836 records · National Biodiversity NetworkXestophanes potentillae
- Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Wood Avens · False Oat-grass · Creeping Thistle +93
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,836 records · National Biodiversity NetworkXestophanes potentillae
- Xestophanes potentillaeXestophanes potentillae
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Wood Avens · False Oat-grass · Creeping Thistle +93
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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