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Nightingale's Wood

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

📷 Rob Farrow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifeSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.55106, -1.61319

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Peregrine and Hobby
  • 🌿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

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Peregrine, Hobby, Little Ringed Plover +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heart of England WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
North Arden Heritage TrailWalking route
Named routeRef NAHTListed length 26 miRegional walking route
E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route
Named routeNational walking route
The Tame Way- River RouteWalking route29 km

Explore the views, history and wildlife of the Tame Valley Wetlands. Stretching between Birmingham and Tamworth is an extraordinary hidden landscape on the doorstep of over 1 million people. Sister walk to a canal walk also ending at Hopwas. Duration ~9h

Named routeRef TW-RLength 29 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Lane to Lloyds Coppice from near Nightingale's Farm

📷 Rob Farrow · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lane to Lloyds Coppice from near Nightingale's Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦MEREVALE HALLHistoric site4.1 km→🌱Merevale ParkUrban park4.3 km→🦉KINGSBURY MEADOWNature reserve4.7 km→🌱St Peter and St Paul's ChurchUrban park5 km→✦Merevale Abbey, a Cistercian monastery, associated water control features and industrial remainsHistoric site4.1 km→🌱The WildernessUrban park4.2 km→

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