The Ashes - Mixed woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.73277, -1.60726
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: National Forest Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km▾
Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route
Spires and SteeplesWalking route▾
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Conkers CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route32 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 32 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface pavementslabs
Main RouteCycling route25 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 25 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route190 m▾
Named routeLength 190 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route446 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 446 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Public footpath at The Ashes
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Wildlife to spot
11,644 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,644 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Carrion Crow +23
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Wood Avens · Pedunculate Oak · Common Nettle · Wood Dock · Cleavers +84
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,644 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds28 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Blue Tit · Pheasant · Carrion Crow +23
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Wood Avens · Pedunculate Oak · Common Nettle · Wood Dock · Cleavers +84
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas