Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.75683, -2.17927
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Chaffinch, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Great Tit, Chaffinch, Blackbird +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Small White, Large White +19 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Peacock, Small White, Large White +19 more · last seen 2021
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Staffordshire Way (Cannock Chase South)Walking route▾
Staffordshire Way, part Cannock Chase - south
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route351 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 351 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route658 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 658 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route310 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 310 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 55Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Almshouse Croft/Milton Road junction
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2021
2021
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2019
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2018
LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2018LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea2018