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Shawls Wood

✦ Ancient woodland17 ha

📷 Trevor Rickard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha

Getting here

52.38761, -2.98088

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Carrion Crow, Dipper, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Dipper, Robin +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bramble, Sessile Oak, Hazel +21 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bramble, Creeping Buttercup, Marsh Thistle +152 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Pteremis fenestralis, Minilimosina vitripennis, Chaetopodella scutellaris +32 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Glyndŵr's WayWalking route
Named routeListed length 217kmNational walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
Heart of Wales Line TrailWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 03Walking route18.1 km
Named routeRef ShW03Length 18.1 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Wales & border)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Radnor RingCycling route
Named routeRef 825National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4.8 km
Named routeRef 825Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km
Named routeRef 825Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Trans Cambrian WayMountain bike route
Named route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

View to Great Hagley

📷 Trevor Rickard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

View to Great Hagley

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St George's ChurchReligious grounds4.8 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds1.9 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.2 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds3.8 km→✦Recumbent standing stone on Pen-y-wern Hill, 150m south east of a ring cairnHistoric site2.5 km→✦Caer Caradoc: a small multivallate hillfortHistoric site2.7 km→

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