Romano-British field system and settlement at Wheata Wood
12 ha
Plan your visit
🌳Ancient✦Heritage💜Bluebells
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
53.44501, -1.50901
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
11 activities🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Historic site with public access
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 36 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Upper Don TrailWalking route▾
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 8Walking route16.9 km▾
Named routeLength 16.9 kmRegional walking route
Rough Lanepublic footpath · 474 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 474 mPath type: footway
80 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Malin Bridge to Langsett RoadCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
21 public paths nearby
Public paths
Greno Gatebridleway · 67 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 67 mPath type: service
Stephen Drivebridleway · 79 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 79 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Old Harrow Car Park · Free · 393m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
26,901 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,901 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2026Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Mole · Indet. Deer
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Indet. Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025Common Frog · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Rose Fusehorn · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Carabus problematicus · Oak Bush-cricket
+10 more speciesHide species list
All 15 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Eristalis tenax
Common Earthball · False Chanterelle · Sulphur Tuft
Common Cow-wheat · Holly · Cherry Laurel · Bilberry · Hogweed
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,901 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2026Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon
+35 more speciesHide species list
All 40 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Mole · Indet. Deer
+2 more speciesHide species list
All 7 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Indet. Deer
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025Common Frog · Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2025Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Rose Fusehorn · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Carabus problematicus · Oak Bush-cricket
+10 more speciesHide species list
All 15 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Eristalis tenax
Common Earthball · False Chanterelle · Sulphur Tuft
Common Cow-wheat · Holly · Cherry Laurel · Bilberry · Hogweed
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cervidae2025
Cervidae2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax
Volucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisVolucella inanisBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesiiGreater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculataGreater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiHawthorn
Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna
BeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaBell HeatherErica cinereaBell HeatherErica cinereaCommon BistortBistorta officinalisCommon BistortBistorta officinalis