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Getting here

52.81957, -2.12940

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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
🛝Playground 116m 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParkingPlayground

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Eristalis tenax, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eristalis tenax, 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Flowering Currant, Garlic Mustard +3 more foraging species

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Lesser Celandine, Flowering Currant +6 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Common Nettle, Lesser Celandine, Flowering Currant +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Saints WayWalking route148 km

Two Saints Way - Chester Cathedral to/from Lichfield Cathedral. In the late Middle Ages a steady stream of pilgrims walked this way – both housing shrines to two game-changing Mercian saints in the 7th century - St Werburgh and St Chad

Named routeRef TSWLength 148 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Stafford 62Walking route

Named route

The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km

Newport to Burton on Trent

Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Stafford 57Walking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

63 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route15 m

Named routeRef 5Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route848 m

Named routeRef 5Length 848 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route128 m

Named routeLength 128 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route19 m

Named routeRef 5Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

81,450 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

81,450 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winter

2026

Starling · Robin · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +55

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Pine Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Eupeodes corollae

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Common Nettle · Flowering Currant · Garlic Mustard · Hazel +2

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
HazelCorylus avellana
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

81,450 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

winter

2026

Starling · Robin · House Sparrow · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon +55

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CootFulica atra2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

winterspring

2026

Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole · Red Fox

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
BadgerMeles meles
MoleTalpa europaea
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Eristalis tenax · Pine Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly +2

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Eupeodes corollae

🌿

Plants7 species

spring

2026

Lesser Celandine · Common Nettle · Flowering Currant · Garlic Mustard · Hazel +2

Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
HazelCorylus avellana
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Italian Lords-and-LadiesArum italicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Derek Harper · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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