Codsall is a large village and civil parish on the South Staffordshire Plain between Wolverhampton and Penkridge, with the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal flowing through the adjacent Pendeford area. The surrounding farmland is gentle lowland pasture with mature hedgerows carrying hawthorn and blackthorn in spring, oilseed rape visible on the surrounding fields in May, and bramble and white clover dominating through summer. Staffordshire South Beekeepers covers this part of the county. The ornamental grounds of Codsall Wood and the churchyard of St Nicholas Parish Church provide additional forage in the established lime and sycamore.
Swarms in Codsall appear on the mature limes and sycamores in the churchyard grounds of St Nicholas, in the established gardens of the older properties along Wood Road and Church Road, on the hawthorn of the hedged lanes towards Oaken and Pendrell Hall, and in the canal-side elder and bramble along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Pendeford.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
ST17 0UP· approx. 20 km
Visit websiteDY9 7PU· approx. 20 km
Visit websiteB74 2YT· approx. 26 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Oilseed rape leads the early flow across the arable belt. Cannock Chase contributes a significant late heather crop — bell first, then ling — on its extensive sandy commons. The Staffordshire Moorlands add bilberry and small ling patches; lime in Stafford, Lichfield, Burton and Stoke-on-Trent fills the June streets. Bramble and rosebay willowherb are everywhere in the former colliery and brickworks land. Ivy carries hives into autumn on old red-brick terraces and the greenbelt villages.
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