Knightley Park - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.80928, -1.72068
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
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
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
29 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 route140 m▾
Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Temporary DiversionCycling route464 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 464 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-road
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Decormount, Knightley Farm, Callingwood
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Wildlife to spot
5,370 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,370 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2024▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Coal Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Mole · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox +3
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hill Cuckoo Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +7
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Greater Stitchwort · Garlic Mustard · Green Alkanet · Bluebell
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,370 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspring
2024▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Coal Tit +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- RavenCorvus corax2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
Mole · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox +3
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2022
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2022
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2022
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Hill Cuckoo Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper +7
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
- Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
Greater Stitchwort · Garlic Mustard · Green Alkanet · Bluebell
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2022
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2022
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
BadgerMeles meles2021BadgerMeles meles2021Brown HareLepus europaeusBrown HareLepus europaeusCommon Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle
Rhagonycha fulva2023
Rhagonycha fulva2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20237-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023HornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2022Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2022Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Events & activities nearby
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