Great Coven's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland28 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
52.15231, 0.37231
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bee Orchid, Redshank, Water Avens +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Brook Lanebyway open to all traffic · 872 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 872 mPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
9,278 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,278 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl · Blackbird · Wren +30
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Bat · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Badger +4
- BatChiroptera2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,278 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Tawny Owl · Blackbird · Wren +30
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Bat · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Badger +4
- BatChiroptera2025
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
