The Ling Ground - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland17 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
52.19488, -1.93454
Open directionsv
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km▾
approximate route of Charles II's escape
Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Heart of England WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
Arden WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 42Regional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route SRCycling route▾
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 5Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
9,436 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,436 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Robin · Garden Warbler +37
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Speckled Bush-cricket · Oedemera femoralis · Common Water-Boatman · Hairy Shieldbug
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2024
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Bramble · Field Maple · Oxeye Daisy · Groundsel · Creeping Thistle +65
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,436 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHobby · Barn Owl · Peregrine · Robin · Garden Warbler +37
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Speckled Bush-cricket · Oedemera femoralis · Common Water-Boatman · Hairy Shieldbug
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Oedemera femoralisOedemera femoralis
- Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2024
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2023
Bramble · Field Maple · Oxeye Daisy · Groundsel · Creeping Thistle +65
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
