Footpath in Bunker's Hill Wood near Stourbridge

Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 7 Aug 2020

Looking north, this track is a public footpath to Whittington Hall Lane, but there are many secluded and meandering pathways in the wood, which contains many very mature trees. Bunker's Hill Wood in Staffordshire is a lovely area south-west of Stourbridge, maintained by The Woodland Trust. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/bunkers-hill/ The Trust's own notes include: The wood has a gentle westerly aspect and contains an interesting mix of predominantly secondary plantation trees with both mature and veteran broadleaves and conifers including Sweet Chestnut, Oak, Scots Pine and Corsican Pine. These are contrasted by younger stands of broadleaves and conifers and areas of naturally regenerated Birch. The wood also contains an unusual range of hybrid-cultivar rhododendrons which occupy isolated locations with exceptionally large and colourful flowers. The site once formed part of Iverley Heath but is now predominantly wooded through gradual phased planting from approximately 1860, to 30 years ago. The majority of the site is set amidst pasture land with some rotational management including arable crops to the east of the site. The Trust uses no apostrophe in Bunker's.

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