Croxall Wood - Woodland plantation
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
52.72550, -1.72582
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
- 🌿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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 54Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route420 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route391 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 391 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
49,461 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
49,461 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Coot · Canada Goose +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mole · Badger · Harvest Mouse · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Trioza centranthi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Ribwort Plantain · Groundsel · Shining Crane's-bill · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine +82
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
49,461 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Coot · Canada Goose +23
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mole · Badger · Harvest Mouse · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- BadgerMeles meles
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Trioza centranthi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
Ribwort Plantain · Groundsel · Shining Crane's-bill · Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine +82
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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