Name: Beaconwood and the Winsel
Rating: 5.0

Beaconwood and the Winsel

North end of Birmingham Road, Lydiate Ash, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0QD, England

1-90 Years

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A woodland with a great variety of wildlife and beautiful carpets of bluebells each spring. These beautiful woods on the edge of Birmingham are renowned for their stunning shows of bluebells each spring but there’s more to these 11 hectares than bluebells! Part of the National Trust’s Chadwich Estate, they’re managed by WWT and are great for walking in all year round. They lie on the northwest spur of the Lickey Hills - Beaconwood was cleared and replanted with oaks about 120 years ago whereas plantations on the Winsel date from around 1930.

If you are looking for Best Parks and Playgrounds in Bromsgrove , Worcestershire then you can visit Beaconwood and the Winsel. Beaconwood and the Winsel is one of the places in Bromsgrove Worcestershire for day out with kids and families. More details can be found on the website for this place.

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Free
Host birthday parties: No

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What to see

As you walk the trees become more varied with whitebeam, cherry, sweet chestnut and mature conifers on the north slope. The Great Oak, planted as the marker oak at the junction of three forestry compartments, is around 250 years old.

The heavy leaf canopy and dense bracken provide ideal cover for a range of wildlife. Pied flycatchers, buzzards, kestrels, sparrow hawks, tawny and little owls, great spotted woodpeckers, tree creepers and other woodland birds can be found here. Volunteers keep an eye on the wildlife through the summer months, helping to ensure they have the peace and quiet to breed and raise their young.

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