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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 27 ha
Places › England › West Midlands › South Staffordshire Getting here
52.51950, -2.19154
Open directionsv 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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking nearby — easy to reach by car 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking nearby — easy to reach by car £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 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, Mallard, Great Tit +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Mallard, Great Tit +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax +124 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Eristalis pertinax +124 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Lesser Celandine, Large Bindweed, Wood Anemone +21 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Lesser Celandine, Large Bindweed, Wood Anemone +21 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Three-cornered Garlic, Ramsons
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monarch's Way Walking route 990 km ▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named route Ref MW Length 990 km Regional walking route
Show on map Alder Coppice: Yellow Path Walking route ▾
The shortest of three trails created alongside the designation of Alder Coppice into a Nature Reserve
Named route Ref AC-Y Local walking route
Show on map Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South) Walking route ▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Barrow Hill Geological Walk Walking route ▾
Self-guided geological walk around Barrow Hill with particular places or features of interest being identified. The reserve may be entered from several access points . The sequence of numbering starts from Vicarage Lane but as the stops are self contained
Named route Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Sedgley Heritage Trail 1 Walking route 2 km ▾
The Sedgley Heritage Trails introduce some of the present-day and historical features of Sedgley. Walk 1 (Short Walk – red) begins at All Saints’ Church and is about 2km (1.25 miles) on flat ground and pavements.
Named route Ref SHT1 Length 2 km Local walking route
Show on map 12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 National Cycle Network
Show on map Stourbridge Arm Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map [PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle Network Cycling route 804 km ▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named route Ref Starley Network Length 804 km Regional cycle route
Show on map South Staffordshire Railway Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Kingswinford Railway Walk Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Stourbridge Circular (Leys Junction to Delph Locks) Cycling route 14 km ▾
Follow Stourbridge Canal down scenic locks, then takeStourbridge Town Arm to Bonded Warehouse, follow NCR54 through suburbia, rejoinin the canal at Black Delph and go left at Leys Junction to return to Dell Sports Centre. Route includes low footbridge!
Named route Length 14 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Autumn leaves in the Himley Plantation Staffordshire seen from the Railway Walk
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Wildlife to spot
17,686 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 17,686 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird · Nuthatch +41
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dipper Cinclus cinclus Redwing Turdus iliacus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Mole
🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Juniper Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Lesser Celandine · Bluebell · Broad-leaved Dock · Rhododendron · Red Dead-nettle +4
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 17,686 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Mallard · Great Tit · Blackbird · Nuthatch +41
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Great Tit Parus major Blackbird Turdus merula Nuthatch Sitta europaea Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mute Swan Cygnus olor Dipper Cinclus cinclus Redwing Turdus iliacus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Mole
🐝 Insects 17 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Parent Bug · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Juniper Shieldbug · Red-legged Shieldbug +12
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Juniper Shieldbug Cyphostethus tristriatus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025 Lesser Celandine · Bluebell · Broad-leaved Dock · Rhododendron · Red Dead-nettle +4
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Green Snowdrop Galanthus woronowii Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Psychoda sigma Psychoda sigma
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2025
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi2025
Strawberry-blossom Weevil Anthonomus rubi2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025
Yarrow Achillea millefolium2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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