Hawkshutt Hide

Hawkshutt Hide is a bird hide in Brewood and Coven, South Staffordshire District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Hawkshutt Hide is situated nearby to the forest Slinglance Covert, as well as near Hawkshutts Rough.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belvide Reservoir and Royal Oak.

Belvide Reservoir

Reservoir

Belvide Reservoir is a reservoir in South Staffordshire, England. It was built in 1833 to supply the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal, and has been managed as a nature reserve since 1977.

The Royal Oak was the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Royal Oak is situated 2 miles southwest of Hawkshutt Hide.

Boscobel House

Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boscobel House is a Grade II* listed building in the parish of Boscobel in Shropshire. It has been, at various times, a farmhouse, a hunting lodge, and a holiday home; but it is most famous for its role in the escape of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Boscobel House is situated 1½ miles southwest of Hawkshutt Hide.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bishops Wood and Wheaton Aston.

Bishops Wood

Village

Bishops Wood, or Bishopswood is a small village on the Staffordshire border with Shropshire. It is home to the Royal Oak public house, the first to be named after the nearby oak tree at Boscobel House in which King Charles II hid after the Battle of Worcester.

Wheaton Aston

Village

Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wheaton Aston is a small village in Staffordshire, England about 9 miles south west of Stafford and 7 miles west of Cannock. It is located beside Bridge 19 of the Shropshire Union Canal. Wheaton Aston is situated 1½ miles north of Hawkshutt Hide.

Boscobel

Hamlet

Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Boscobel was a civil parish in the east of Shropshire, England, on the border with Staffordshire. To the north is the Staffordshire village of Bishops Wood. Boscobel is situated 2 miles southwest of Hawkshutt Hide.

Hawkshutt Hide

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Bird hide
Category: recreation area
Location: Brewood and Coven, South Staffordshire District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6902° or 52° 41′ 25″ north

Longitude

-2.21447° or 2° 12′ 52″ west

Operator

West Midland Bird Club

Open location code

9C4VMQRP+36

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14267862414

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=bird_hide

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