- Description
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We lease Gentleshaw Common nature to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust who manage the site.
The reserve is a haven for a whole host of wildlife, and home to many species of birds, solitary bees and wasps, as well as many species of plants including bog asphodel, heather and fly-catching carnivorous sundew.
- Visit the site in August and enjoy the purple splendour of this lowland heathland
- Gentleshaw Common SSSI is a key part of the network of nationally important heathland sites throughout the West Midlands
- Volunteer community practical conservation sessions have just begun on the Common to give local people the opportunity to get involved in the management of their local nature reserve
- Features and facilities
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- A network of paths crossing the heathland which can be muddy and uneven in places
- Please keep dogs close to you, preferably on a lead, especially between April and July when many birds are nesting on or close to the ground.
- Accessibility and opening times
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Open all year round.
Disabled access - there are no gates on the site and there are tracks that will take off-road mobility scooters
- Get involved
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Contact Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
- How to report problems
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In an emergency always call 999. You can also report a crime online at Staffordshire Police Website or call 101 for non-emergency.
To report a maintenance issue, please contact Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
- Parking
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Parking can be found in laybys around the Common and a small car park which can be found at WS15 4RU, opposite the redmoor inn
- Location
