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Motslow Hill Mound

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

52.34824, -1.51605

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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
  • ✦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

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow +76 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Carrion Crow +76 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Peacock, Banded Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird +111 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Banded Demoiselle, 7-spot Ladybird +111 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel, Japanese Wineberry +1 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Cherry Laurel, Japanese Wineberry +1 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

19 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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
ACW Circular Walk 04Walking route
Named routeRef C04Listed length 14 kmLocal walking route
Vicarage Roadpublic footpath · 69 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mSurface pavedPath type: residential
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Cycling

38 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 10Cycling route
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 11Cycling route
Named routeRef 11Local cycle route
National Cycle Network National Route 523Cycling route
Named routeRef 523National Cycle Network
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km

Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)

Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Pond on Motslow Hill near Stoneleigh

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pond on Motslow Hill near Stoneleigh

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🏞️RYTON POOLSCountry park4.2 km→🌱Ryton Pools Country ParkUrban park4.2 km→✦Kenilworth AbbeyHistoric site4.6 km→🌱Abbey FieldsUrban park4.6 km→🌱War Memorial ParkUrban park4.9 km→✦STONELEIGH ABBEYHistoric site900 m→

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