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St John the Baptist's Church

📷 Richard Vince · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

52.63673, -1.83925

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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

Parking

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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Robin +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Thistle, Common Nettle, Sycamore +29 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Creeping Thistle, Common Nettle, Sycamore +29 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Eristalis pertinax +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Green Shieldbug, Eristalis pertinax +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Common Nettle, Hawthorn, Elder +4 more foraging species

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

E2 hiking trail BirminghamWalking route

Named routeNational walking route

Lichfield Canal Heritage Towpath TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

McClean WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route240 m

Named routeRef 54Length 240 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route371 m

Named routeLength 371 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route54 m

Named routeRef 54Length 54 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,879 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,879 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rook +39

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Horse-chestnut

Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,879 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rook +39

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Horse-chestnut

Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Vince · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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