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Old Park

11 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Old Park · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

52.60234, -2.29608

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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
🌿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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +77 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Bramble, Common Nettle +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Cleavers, Ground-ivy +99 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hawthorn, Cleavers, Ground-ivy +99 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Tipula lateralis, 24-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Roesel's Bush-cricket, Tipula lateralis, 24-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route

Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 81Cycling route

Named routeRef 81National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 81Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 81Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,323 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,323 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumn

2025

Jay · Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +53

JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
NuthatchSitta europaea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
KingfisherAlcedo atthis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

24-spot Ladybird

24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,323 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

autumn

2025

Jay · Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +53

JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Greylag GooseAnser anser
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
JackdawColoeus monedula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
CootFulica atra
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Stock DoveColumba oenas
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RavenCorvus corax
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
NuthatchSitta europaea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SiskinSpinus spinus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Rock DoveColumba livia
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
KingfisherAlcedo atthis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

24-spot Ladybird

24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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