Forward Hide
Forward Hide is a bird hide in Blithfield, East Staffordshire, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Forward Hide is situated nearby to the forest Dimsdale Plantation, as well as near Stansley Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blithfield Reservoir and RAF Abbots Bromley.
Blithfield Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: William Hook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blithfield Reservoir is a large raw water reservoir in Staffordshire, England, owned by South Staffordshire Water. Some 790 acres of reservoir was formed on land sold by Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Water Works in the 1940s.
RAF Abbots Bromley
Aerodrome
Photo: Alan Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
RAF Abbots Bromley is a former Royal Air Force Relief Landing Ground located 0.7 miles north-west of the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. The airfield opened during 1940 and closed on 31 March 1949 being the satellite of RAF Burnaston.
Church of St Leonard, Blithfield
Church
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Leonard, Blithfield is situated 1 mile southwest of Forward Hide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Admaston and Abbots Bromley.
Admaston
Village
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Admaston is a small hamlet in Staffordshire, England just outside the town of Rugeley near to Abbots Bromley and Blithfield Hall. The name Admaston is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Ēadmund and means 'Ēadmund's town'; it was recorded in the 12th century as Edmundestone and Admerdeston, and in the 13th century as Admundestan and Edmundestone.
Abbots Bromley
Village
Photo: Mariegriffiths, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately 9.8 miles east of Stafford, England. Abbots Bromley is situated 1½ miles east of Forward Hide.
Kingstone
Village
Photo: Clive Woolliscroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingstone is a village and civil parish within the English county of Staffordshire. Kingstone is situated 2½ miles north of Forward Hide.
Forward Hide
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Bird hide
- Categories: building and recreation area
- Location: Blithfield, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8251° or 52° 49′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.92031° or 1° 55′ 13″ westOperator
West Midland Bird ClubOpen location code
9C4WR3GH+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 1472922246OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=bird_hide
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Satellite Map
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Highlights include Dimsdale Plantation and Stansley Wood.
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