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✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.37555, -2.37262

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Ancient woodland

Free

Bird watching

Good match

Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers

Free

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 4 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

Stourport Circular WalkWalking route6.5 km

Named routeLength 6.5 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Mercian WayCycling route

Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route22 m

Named routeRef 45Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route11 m

Named routeRef 45Length 11 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route54 m

Named routeRef 45Length 54 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 45Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.8 km

Named routeRef 45Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Wyre Forest Green RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wyre Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

66,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

66,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Chaffinch · Nuthatch · Redwing · Treecreeper · Wren +24

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

springwinter

2026

Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Wood Mouse · Pipistrelle +2

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HumanHomo sapiens
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Frog

FrogRana

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

Red Wood Ant · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird

Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants83 species

winter

2026

Common Feather-moss · Common Pocket-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Neat Feather-moss +78

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
MossBryophyta
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Velvet Feather-mossBrachytheciastrum velutinum
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Long-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata
Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens
Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Plagiochila porelloidesPlagiochila porelloides
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispa
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Matted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeum
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
Rock VeilwortMetzgeria conjugata
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum
Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum
Dicranella howeiDicranella howei
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

66,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds29 species

winter

2026

Chaffinch · Nuthatch · Redwing · Treecreeper · Wren +24

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
RedwingTurdus iliacus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
MagpiePica pica2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

springwinter

2026

Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Wood Mouse · Pipistrelle +2

Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Fallow DeerDama dama
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
HumanHomo sapiens
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Frog

FrogRana

🐝

Insects3 species

winter

2026

Red Wood Ant · Eristalis pertinax · 7-spot Ladybird

Red Wood AntFormica rufa
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants83 species

winter

2026

Common Feather-moss · Common Pocket-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme · Neat Feather-moss +78

Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Common Pocket-mossFissidens taxifolius
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
MossBryophyta
Cylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanus
Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus
Velvet Feather-mossBrachytheciastrum velutinum
Greater FeatherwortPlagiochila asplenioides
Taper-leaved Earth-mossPleuridium acuminatum
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi
Perthshire Beard-mossDidymodon rigidulus
Clay Earth-mossArchidium alternifolium
Long-beaked Thyme-mossPlagiomnium rostratum
Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
Juicy Silk-mossPlagiothecium succulentum
Grove EarwortScapania nemorea
Greater WhipwortBazzania trilobata
Sphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitensSphagnum subnitens subsp. subnitens
Green Pocket-mossFissidens viridulus
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
Rock Pocket-mossFissidens dubius
Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
Wavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosus
Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus
Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus
Streblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutum
Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
Red Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum
Plagiochila porelloidesPlagiochila porelloides
Flat NeckeraNeckera complanata
Creeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpens
Crisped NeckeraNeckera crispa
Wall Screw-mossTortula muralis
Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Elegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellum
Matted Feather-mossSciuro-hypnum populeum
Red-stemmed Feather-mossPleurozium schreberi
Larger Mouse-tail MossIsothecium alopecuroides
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
Variable-leaved CrestwortLophocolea heterophylla
Shining HookeriaHookeria lucens
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Chalk Comb-mossCtenidium molluscum
Common PouchwortCalypogeia fissa
Trichostomum brachydontiumTrichostomum brachydontium
Thickpoint GrimmiaSchistidium crassipilum
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Silky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromalla
Fissidens bryoides var. bryoidesFissidens bryoides var. bryoides
Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans
Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
Notched PouchwortCalypogeia arguta
White EarwortDiplophyllum albicans
Slender Mouse-tail MossIsothecium myosuroides
Dotted Thyme-mossRhizomnium punctatum
Green Yoke-mossZygodon viridissimus
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Blunt Feather-mossHomalia trichomanoides
Rock VeilwortMetzgeria conjugata
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans
Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata
Two-horned PincerwortCephalozia bicuspidata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Weissia controversa var. controversaWeissia controversa var. controversa
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Pellucid Four-tooth MossTetraphis pellucida
Dwarf Feather-mossMicroeurhynchium pumilum
Large White-mossLeucobryum glaucum
Dicranella howeiDicranella howei
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum