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Abbey Wood

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Abbey Wood · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.12280, -2.02189

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Canada Goose
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow +88 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Mallard, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow +88 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Gorse, Hogweed, Sneezewort +18 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly, Phaonia angelicae +10 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Habitat Walk Ladderedge Country Park (Green Arrows)Walking route

Includes some hills

Named routeDuration 45min

Young Woodland LoopWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 17Walking route16.2 km

Named routeLength 16.2 kmRegional walking route

Churnet WayWalking route

Named route

Fosters TrailWalking route

Named route

Leekfrith 10public footpath · 285 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 285 mSurface dirtPath type: path

Leek Town 17public footpath · 19 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mSurface concretePath type: path

Leek Town 7public footpath · 452 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 452 mSurface dirtPath type: path

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 559Cycling route

Named routeRef 559National Cycle Network

National Route 550Cycling route

Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 559Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3.7 km

Named routeRef 559Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 559Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route302 m

Named routeRef 559Length 302 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,997 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,997 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Canada Goose · Blackbird · Coal Tit · Goldfinch +47

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

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Plants3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Gorse · Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus · Stinking Hellebore

GorseUlex europaeus
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,997 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds52 species

autumn

2026

Mallard · Canada Goose · Blackbird · Coal Tit · Goldfinch +47

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025

🌿

Plants3 species

winterspringautumn

2026

Gorse · Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineus · Stinking Hellebore

GorseUlex europaeus
Rumex sanguineus var. sanguineusRumex sanguineus var. sanguineus
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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