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Home Grove

6 ha

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 428m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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 428m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

7 activities

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, Dunnock, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Dunnock, Blackbird +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Lady's Bedstraw, Common Knapweed, Cowslip +48 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Lady's Bedstraw, Common Knapweed, Cowslip +48 more · last seen 2017

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Dock Bug, Swollen-thighed Beetle +26 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Marmalade Hoverfly, Dock Bug, Swollen-thighed Beetle +26 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Hogweed, Hazel, Hawthorn +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Lime Tree WalkWalking route

Named route

Kitchen Garden WalkWalking route

Named route

Temple WalkWalking route

Named route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

The Gappublic footpath · 81 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 11Cycling route

Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route2.9 km

Named routeRef 11Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,021 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,021 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Dunnock +36

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SwiftApus apus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Fallow Deer

Fallow DeerDama dama

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Melanostoma

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
MelanostomaMelanostoma

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,021 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Dunnock +36

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Aegithalos caudatus rosaceusAegithalos caudatus rosaceus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2024
SwiftApus apus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2024

Fallow Deer

Fallow DeerDama dama

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Melanostoma

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
MelanostomaMelanostoma

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Howard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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