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Horseshoe Wood

✦ Ancient woodland32 ha

📷 Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome32 ha

Getting here

52.55864, -2.56345

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +73 more · last seen 2022; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Dunnock +73 more · last seen 2022

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Sericostoma personatum, Odontocerum albicorne, Rhyacophila dorsalis +97 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Sericostoma personatum, Odontocerum albicorne, Rhyacophila dorsalis +97 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Shropshire Way - stage 08Walking route20.1 km
Named routeRef ShW08Length 20.1 kmLocal walking route
Major's Leap Walk, Wenlock EdgeWalking route5.6 km

Enjoy this circular walk along an old packhorse route and through woodland footpaths, taking in far-reaching views and flourishing wildflowers. It's named after the legend of a Royalist major who is said to have galloped off Wenlock Edge on horseback to e

Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Jenny Wind Walk, Wenlock EdgeWalking route3.5 km

This easy circular walk is an enjoyable stroll through green lanes with views across the Shropshire countryside. A gentle undulating trail along rough tracks, tarmacked roads and through fields.

Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:30-02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Presthope Walk, Wenlock EdgeWalking route300 m

This easy, surfaced loop is perfect for pushchairs, wheelchairs or anyone wanting a short stroll. Route may be slippery under foot.

Named routeLength 300 mDuration 00:15Round tripLocal walking route
Lime Kiln Walk, Wenlock EdgeWalking route1 km

Enjoy this woodland walk passing quarries and limekilns. This trail has steps, steep climbs and uneven terrain in places.

Named routeLength 1 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track into Spoonhill Wood, Shropshire

📷 Roger D Kidd · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track into Spoonhill Wood, Shropshire

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Lime KilnHistoric site4 km→⛪Holy Trinity ChurchReligious grounds4.2 km→✦Roman Settlement, 390m north-east of New House FarmHistoric site4.2 km→🌽Southfield Road AllotmentsAllotments4.3 km→✦Medieval cross in Holy Trinity churchyardHistoric site4.2 km→✦Wenlock PrioryHistoric site4.3 km→

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