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Stokes Barn

✦ Ancient woodland101 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Louis Stokes Station at Windermere · CC BY-SA 3.0

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WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome101 ha

Getting here

52.58564, -2.59953

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🍄Mushroom 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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
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Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff +52 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Chiffchaff +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Gromwell, Bush Vetch, Hart's-Tongue +204 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Snowy Waxcap, Smoky Bracket +30 more · last seen 2020; Fungi — Sycamore Tarspot, Snowy Waxcap, Smoky Bracket +30 more · last seen 2020

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Hawkweed Oxtongue +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Hairy Shieldbug, Common Blue Damselfly, Corizus hyoscyami +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shropshire Way - stage 08Walking route20.1 km
Named routeRef ShW08Length 20.1 kmLocal walking route
Longville Coppice Walk, Wilderhope ManorWalking route2.9 km

This circular walk from Wilderhope Manor, a grade 1 listed Elizabethan manor house, takes in surrounding farmland and Longville Coppice. Some of the route contains steep gradients, steps and very uneven surfaces.

Named routeLength 2.9 kmDuration 00:45-01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Severn Way (2) Shrewsbury to WorcesterWalking route93 km
Named routeRef SW (2)Length 93 kmRegional walking route
Major's Leap Walk, Wenlock EdgeWalking route5.6 km

Enjoy this circular walk along an old packhorse route and through woodland footpaths, taking in far-reaching views and flourishing wildflowers. It's named after the legend of a Royalist major who is said to have galloped off Wenlock Edge on horseback to e

Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Jenny Wind Walk, Wenlock EdgeWalking route3.5 km

This easy circular walk is an enjoyable stroll through green lanes with views across the Shropshire countryside. A gentle undulating trail along rough tracks, tarmacked roads and through fields.

Named routeLength 3.5 kmDuration 01:30-02:00Round tripLocal walking route
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Horse riding

22 public paths nearby

Public paths
Blakeway Hollowbridleway · 733 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 733 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Blakeway Hollowbridleway · 110 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 110 mSurface mudPath type: track
Blakeway Hollowbridleway · 144 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 144 mSurface mudPath type: track
Blakeway Hollowbridleway · 45 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 45 mPath type: track
Blakeway Hollowbridleway · 520 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 520 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

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Louis Stokes Station at Windermere

📷 Wikipedia · Louis Stokes Station at Windermere · CC BY-SA 3.0

Louis Stokes Station at Windermere

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Lime KilnHistoric site1.6 km→🌽Southfield Road AllotmentsAllotments2.8 km→⛪Holy Trinity ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦Medieval cross in Holy Trinity churchyardHistoric site3.1 km→✦Wenlock PrioryHistoric site3.3 km→✦WENLOCK ABBEYHistoric site3.3 km→

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