Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.74203, -1.73935
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Little Egret +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Mute Swan, Little Egret +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Spear Thistle, Yarrow, Yew +179 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Spear Thistle, Yarrow, Yew +179 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Red Dead-nettle, White Dead-nettle +26 more foraging species
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Route 54
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route117 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 117 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
40,487 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,487 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron · Coot +4
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Badger · Pipistrelle · Mole
- BadgerMeles meles
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Shining Crane's-bill · Spear Thistle · Wood Avens · Green Alkanet · Cherry Laurel +95
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,487 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Pied Wagtail · Grey Heron · Coot +4
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Badger · Pipistrelle · Mole
- BadgerMeles meles
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Shining Crane's-bill · Spear Thistle · Wood Avens · Green Alkanet · Cherry Laurel +95
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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