Welcome to The Acorn Trail!
By clicking on the post numbers below you can access information about Scadbury Park, its vegetation, geology and wildlife.
Entrance
Please treat the Park with respect
POST 1
This oak tree is over 400 years old
Post 2
Celandine on dry banks...
POST 3
A spring carpet of bluebells
Post 4
Used for English longbows
Post 5
Birch trees are early colonisers
Post 6
Nesting birds and roosting bats
Post 7
Dead wood - home for invertebrates
Post 8
Caterpillars of the holly blue butterfly
Post 9
Bullfinches can be heard here
Post 9A
Bomb craters can still be seen
Post 10
Noisy parakeets around the park
Post 11
Scadbury Manor build around 1200
Post 12
Rose hips are rich in vitamin C
Post 13
Orchards were removed in 1971
Post 14
Newts, toads and frog in this pond
Post 15
semi-natural ancient woodland
Post 16
Tawny owls hunt for field voles
Post 17
A hedge of native tree species
Post 18
Blackthorn sloes used to flavour gin
Post 19
Living sundial can tell you the time
POST 20
A completed Acorn Trail