St Leonard's Church
✦ Ancient woodland15 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
52.36019, -2.31728
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 12 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Worcestershire PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Worcestershire WayWalking route50 km▾
Walking route from Bewdley to Great Malvern
Named routeLength 50 kmRegional walking route
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Ribbesford Circular TrailWalking route2 km▾
Named routeRef RCTLength 2 kmLocal walking route
Abberley Circular WalkWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route995 m▾
Named routeRef 45Length 995 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wyre Forest Green RouteMountain bike route▾
Wyre Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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St. Leonard's Church, west side
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Wildlife to spot
28,368 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,368 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Jackdaw · Grey Wagtail · Mute Swan · Mallard +43
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Muntjac
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Red Wood Ant · 7-spot Ladybird · Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis · Banded Demoiselle · 10-spot Ladybird +9
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalisAphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- 10-spot Ladybird
Schreberian Earth-moss · Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Redshank
- Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon
- Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,368 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Jackdaw · Grey Wagtail · Mute Swan · Mallard +43
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Lesser Horseshoe Bat · Muntjac
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Lesser Horseshoe BatRhinolophus hipposideros
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐝Insects14 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Red Wood Ant · 7-spot Ladybird · Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis · Banded Demoiselle · 10-spot Ladybird +9
- Red Wood AntFormica rufa2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalisAphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- 10-spot Ladybird
Schreberian Earth-moss · Crimson-tuber Thread-moss · Redshank
- Schreberian Earth-mossTortula acaulon var. acaulon
- Crimson-tuber Thread-mossBryum rubens
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
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