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Knightley Park

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Mick Malpass · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.80725, -1.71872

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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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞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

Walking trails

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, Great Tit, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Blackbird +62 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ivy-leaved Toadflax, Green Alkanet · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Migrant Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser, Hill Cuckoo Bee +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Broad-bodied Chaser, Hill Cuckoo Bee +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km

Newport to Burton on Trent

Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route379 m

Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route144 m

Named routeLength 144 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route140 m

Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route27 m

Named routeLength 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

5,749 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,749 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspring

2024

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin +61

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major2021
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
MagpiePica pica
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
RavenCorvus corax2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
JayGarrulus glandarius2019

🦌

Mammals8 species

winter

2025

Mole · Field Vole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +3

MoleTalpa europaea2022
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
BadgerMeles meles2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hill Cuckoo Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
HornetVespa crabro2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019

🌿

Plants118 species

summer

2025

Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Yorkshire-fog +113

Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2020
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2020
Common NettleUrtica dioica2020
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2020
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2020
AshFraxinus excelsior2020
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2020
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020
CleaversGalium aparine2020
DandelionTaraxacum2020
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2019
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2019
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2019
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019
BrambleRubus fruticosus2019
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019
Fat-henChenopodium album2019
ElderSambucus nigra2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2019
DaisyBellis perennis2019
IvyHedera helix2019
TimothyPhleum pratense2019
HollyIlex aquifolium2019
Common CouchElymus repens2019
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgaris2019
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
Wild PlumPrunus domestica2019
Dog-roseRosa canina2019
Rumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispus2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
NipplewortLapsana communis2019
YewTaxus baccata2019
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2020
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2020
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2020
Silver BirchBetula pendula2020
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2020
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2020
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2019
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2019
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2019
White Dead-nettleLamium album2019
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2019
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2019
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2019
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2019
Field MapleAcer campestre2019
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Field-roseRosa arvensis2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2019
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2019
OatAvena sativa2019
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2019
Red CampionSilene dioica2019
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
RapeBrassica napus2019
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2019
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2019
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2019
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2019
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2019
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2019
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,749 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds66 species

winterspring

2024

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Great Tit · Robin +61

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major2021
RobinErithacus rubecula
BuzzardButeo buteo2021
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
MagpiePica pica
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
NuthatchSitta europaea2021
SwallowHirundo rustica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
JackdawColoeus monedula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
RavenCorvus corax2022
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2021
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2020
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2020
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2020
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2020
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2020
LapwingVanellus vanellus2020
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
Barn OwlTyto alba2019
JayGarrulus glandarius2019

🦌

Mammals8 species

winter

2025

Mole · Field Vole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +3

MoleTalpa europaea2022
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
BadgerMeles meles2021
Brown HareLepus europaeus
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2024

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022

🐝

Insects14 species

springsummer

2025

Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hill Cuckoo Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Common Red Soldier Beetle +9

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
HornetVespa crabro2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022
Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2021
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019

🌿

Plants118 species

summer

2025

Garlic Mustard · False Oat-grass · Hawthorn · Common Nettle · Yorkshire-fog +113

Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2020
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2020
Common NettleUrtica dioica2020
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2020
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2020
AshFraxinus excelsior2020
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2020
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2020
CleaversGalium aparine2020
DandelionTaraxacum2020
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla2019
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2019
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2019
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2020
Bush VetchVicia sepium2020
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2020
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2019
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2019
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2019
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2019
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2019
Spear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrata2019
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2019
BrambleRubus fruticosus2019
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2019
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2019
Fat-henChenopodium album2019
ElderSambucus nigra2019
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2019
Greater PlantainPlantago major2019
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2019
DaisyBellis perennis2019
IvyHedera helix2019
TimothyPhleum pratense2019
HollyIlex aquifolium2019
Common CouchElymus repens2019
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2019
Senecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgarisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgaris var. vulgaris2019
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2019
Wild PlumPrunus domestica2019
Dog-roseRosa canina2019
Rumex crispus subsp. crispusRumex crispus subsp. crispus2019
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2019
NipplewortLapsana communis2019
YewTaxus baccata2019
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2019
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata2020
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2020
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2020
Silver BirchBetula pendula2020
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2020
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2020
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2019
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2019
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2019
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2019
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2019
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre2019
White Dead-nettleLamium album2019
Tuberous ComfreySymphytum tuberosum2019
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2019
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2019
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2019
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2019
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2019
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2019
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2019
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2019
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2019
Field MapleAcer campestre2019
YarrowAchillea millefolium2019
Field-roseRosa arvensis2019
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2019
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2019
White CloverTrifolium repens2019
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2019
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2019
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2019
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2019
OatAvena sativa2019
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2019
Red CampionSilene dioica2019
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2019
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2019
RapeBrassica napus2019
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2019
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2019
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2019
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2019
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2019
Least Yellow-sorrelOxalis exilis2019
Common ChickweedStellaria media2019
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2019
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2019
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2019
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2019
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2019
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2019
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2019
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2019
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2019
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2019
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum2019
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2019
Annual PearlwortSagina apetala2019
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2019
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2019
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2019
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2019
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2019
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum2019