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St Edith's Well

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📷 A Holmes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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52.74622, -2.24546

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Red Admiral +24 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Red Admiral +24 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017; Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km

Newport to Burton on Trent

Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route

Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route

Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 55Cycling route

Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route103 m

Named routeRef 55Length 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route351 m

Named routeRef 55Length 351 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route825 m

Named routeRef 55Length 825 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route658 m

Named routeRef 55Length 658 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route3.9 km

Named routeRef 55Length 3.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

2,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springsummer

2025

Whitethroat · Skylark · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Chiffchaff +47

WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great TitParus major2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022

🦌

Mammals4 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Red Fox

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2023

Cat Flea · Bloody-nosed Beetle

Cat FleaCtenocephalides felis
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,262 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

springsummer

2025

Whitethroat · Skylark · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Chiffchaff +47

WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Great TitParus major2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
GoosanderMergus merganser
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
TealAnas crecca2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022

🦌

Mammals4 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Otter · Red Fox

Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
OtterLutra lutra
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2023

Cat Flea · Bloody-nosed Beetle

Cat FleaCtenocephalides felis
Bloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 A Holmes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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