Horninglow Linear Park
168 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome168 ha
Getting here
52.81758, -1.64193
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Peregrine
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 146m away — 7 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Hobby and Peregrine
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 146m away — 7 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Hobby, Peregrine, Yellow-legged Gull +70 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterfly-bush, Red Campion, Petty Spurge +28 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 54
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route96 m▾
Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route144 m▾
Named routeLength 144 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Trent and Mersey Canal at Horninglow, Staffordshire
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Wildlife to spot
13,165 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,165 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Mute Swan · Jackdaw +29
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TealAnas crecca
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- American MinkNeovison vison
Butterfly-bush · Petty Spurge · Common Nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Spear Thistle +109
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,165 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPeregrine · Pied Wagtail · Blackbird · Mute Swan · Jackdaw +29
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- CootFulica atra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TealAnas crecca
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · American Mink
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- American MinkNeovison vison
Butterfly-bush · Petty Spurge · Common Nettle · Red Dead-nettle · Spear Thistle +109
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas