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Clowes Wood credit Anna Squires

Clowes Wood by Simon Watts

Clowes Wood & New Fallings Coppice

An ancient woodland with a mix of trees, shrubs, streams, pond, a small meadow and a precious remnant of heathland.

Location

Five miles south of Solihull, access point on Wood Lane.
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Solihull

B94 5JP

OS Map Reference

SP 10179 74401

Know before you go

Size

45 hectares

Parking information

Small car park on Wood Lane, not owned or managed by the Trust and therefore visitors use the car park at their own risk.

Grazing animals

Walking trails

Gentle, sloping extensive path network, some areas prone to becoming muddy, narrow bridges and steps.

Access

Paths around the area are mostly accessible to all however some can become muddy in poor weather.

Dogs

On a lead

When to visit

Opening times

Open at all times

Best time to visit

All year round

About the reserve

Clowes Wood is a piece of history as it was the first reserve owned by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, acquired thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor in 1974. Clowes Wood has probably been wooded since the last ice age, though it was almost cleared of trees in the early 1900s. It is cut through by the Birmingham to Stratford railway and habitats found here today include heathland, woodland, and wet meadow.

What's it like to visit?

Wildflowers to be seen here include bluebell, lily of the valley, cow-wheat and bilberry. Fifty species of bird breed here, such as jay, chiff chaff, nuthatch and treecreeper, and also woodcock and all three woodpeckers. Badgers live in this woodland and red fox, muntjac and brown hare are all regular visitors to this reserve.

What is there to do here?

Snap a shot of the spring bluebells
Listen out for the distinctive call of the chiff chaff
Find funky fungi

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