Gap Pool Wood - Woodland plantation
18 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.81598, -2.23238
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
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 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
Stone Circles ChallengeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 55Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 55National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route103 m▾
Named routeRef 55Length 103 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 55Length 351 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Named routeRef 55Length 997 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Named routeRef 55Length 658 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Named routeRef 55Length 310 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
35,174 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,174 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Hobby · Wigeon · Peregrine · Goldeneye +43
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog +7
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber · Mesembrina meridiana +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2020
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2020
Lords-and-Ladies · Chicory
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,174 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Barn Owl · Hobby · Wigeon · Peregrine · Goldeneye +43
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WigeonMareca penelope2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RavenCorvus corax
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
🦌Mammals12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Mole · Rabbit · Red Fox · Hedgehog +7
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber · Mesembrina meridiana +1
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2021
- Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2020
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2020
Lords-and-Ladies · Chicory
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
BadgerMeles meles2025BadgerMeles meles2025ShrewSoricidae2025ShrewSoricidae2025Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2021Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2020Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2020Events & activities nearby
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