The Ashes - Vegetation area
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.72753, -1.60523
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
- 🅿️Parking 118m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 118m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Coton in the Elms Circular Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 4 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
51 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 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
Main RouteCycling route136 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 136 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Public footpath at The Ashes
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Wildlife to spot
6,949 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,949 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hobby · Wigeon · Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Blue Tit +34
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common Nettle · Bramble · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers · Elder +51
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,949 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hobby · Wigeon · Peregrine · Little Ringed Plover · Blue Tit +34
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common Nettle · Bramble · Pedunculate Oak · Cleavers · Elder +51
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- CleaversGalium aparine
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas