Whitsuntide Wood - Woodland plantation
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🥾Hiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.47282, -1.45501
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Lorry Park 113m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Lorry Park 113m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: A Coventry Way
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 12A (short-cut for C12)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C12ALocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 13Walking route▾
Named routeRef C13Listed length 12 kmLocal walking route
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Cycle Coventry Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Coventry Sowe Valley RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef SVLocal cycle route
[PROPOSED]Starley Regional Cycle NetworkCycling route804 km▾
Starley (TfWM) Regional Cycle Network (Proposed route)
Named routeRef Starley NetworkLength 804 kmRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
6,661 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,661 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Water Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Banded Demoiselle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Volucella pellucens +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Lesser Stag Beetle
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Wild Carrot · Common Mouse-ear · Red Clover · False Oat-grass +73
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,661 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Magpie · Blackcap · Great Spotted Woodpecker +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Water Vole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummerautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Banded Demoiselle · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Orange Ladybird · Volucella pellucens +5
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Lesser Stag Beetle
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Wild Carrot · Common Mouse-ear · Red Clover · False Oat-grass +73
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Dorcus parallelipipedus2024
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisHairy TareErvilia hirsutaHairy TareErvilia hirsutaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleDove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molleSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorYellow-rattleRhinanthus minorRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataPolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum avicularePolygonum aviculareCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseCommon VetchVicia sativaCommon VetchVicia sativaCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumCommon CouchElymus repensCommon CouchElymus repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusLady's BedstrawGalium verumLady's BedstrawGalium verumMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMusk-mallowMalva moschataMusk-mallowMalva moschataHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneSmooth BromeBromus racemosusSmooth BromeBromus racemosusRed FescueFestuca rubraRed FescueFestuca rubraTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaSalad BurnetPoterium sanguisorbaRat's-tail FescueVulpia myurosRat's-tail FescueVulpia myurosCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumLesser TrefoilTrifolium dubiumHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusField ScabiousKnautia arvensisField ScabiousKnautia arvensisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisCreeping Soft-grassHolcus mollisSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumSquare-stalked WillowherbEpilobium tetragonumCanary-grassPhalaris canariensisCanary-grassPhalaris canariensisCornflowerCentaurea cyanusCornflowerCentaurea cyanusHedge BedstrawGalium albumHedge BedstrawGalium albumHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusWillowherbEpilobiumWillowherbEpilobiumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumRough ChervilChaerophyllum temulumBladder CampionSilene vulgarisBladder CampionSilene vulgarisBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusOxford RagwortSenecio squalidusScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumPot MarjoramOriganum majoranaPot MarjoramOriganum majoranaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusMarsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatusSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisSmooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumSmooth TareErvum tetraspermum