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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.84809, -2.53847
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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
- £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 — Chiffchaff, Robin, Wren +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chiffchaff, Robin, Wren +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +73 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Peacock, Large White +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yarrow, Toad Rush, Creeping Buttercup +116 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Yarrow, Toad Rush, Creeping Buttercup +116 more · last seen 2024
Free
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Common Sorrel, Hogweed +12 more foraging species
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
hodnet-market draytonCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (Shropshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route in Shropshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route13.4 km▾
Named routeRef 45Length 13.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,305 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,305 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Swallow · Swift · Chiffchaff · Whitethroat +33
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Otter · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius lophanthae · Rhyzobius litura +12
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Yarrow · Toad Rush · Sweet Vernal-grass · Red Dead-nettle · Bluebell +84
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,305 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Swallow · Swift · Chiffchaff · Whitethroat +33
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava flavissima2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Mole · Otter · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- OtterLutra lutra
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects17 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius lophanthae · Rhyzobius litura +12
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2024
- Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Yarrow · Toad Rush · Sweet Vernal-grass · Red Dead-nettle · Bluebell +84
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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