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Pitcher Oak Wood

✦ Ancient woodland1 ha

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

52.30190, -1.95928

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Pied Wagtail, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pied Wagtail, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Lawson Cypress, Large Bindweed, Cock's-foot +78 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Lawson Cypress, Large Bindweed, Cock's-foot +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Sessile Oak, Barren Strawberry +8 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route
Miller's TrailWalking route
Named route
Moon's Moat Nature TrailWalking route

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Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

92 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 5Cycling route
Named routeRef 5National Cycle Network
Route SRCycling route
Named routeRef SRLocal cycle route
Route 55Cycling route
Named routeRef 55Regional cycle route
Redditch NCN 5 Alternative RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Redditch Cycle Route 19Cycling route
Named routeRef 19Round tripLocal cycle route
Bromsgrove-Redditch Cycle Route 24Cycling route

From Bromsgrove Station to Redditch Station. Follows mostly open countryside on road.

Named routeRef 24Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Top of the hill, Pitcher Oak Wood, Redditch

📷 Robin Stott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Top of the hill, Pitcher Oak Wood, Redditch

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Arrow Valley Country ParkUrban park3.3 km→✦Bordesley AbbeyHistoric site2.6 km→🌱Morton Stanley ParkUrban park1.8 km→🌱Ipsley Meadows (Arrow Valley Country Park)Urban park3.8 km→🦉REDDITCH WOODS: PITCHEROAK WOODNature reserve100 m→🌱St Stephen's ChurchUrban park1.4 km→

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