Dent's Spinney - Woodland
19 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
52.54270, -0.80153
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route530 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 530 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,130 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,130 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2024▾
Chiffchaff · Swallow · Kestrel · Blackcap · Redwing +18
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Muntjac
Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug +5
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Nettle-Tap
🍄Fungi3 species
springautumn
2023▾
Jelly Ear · Candlesnuff Fungus · Yellow Fieldcap
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2022
Red Dead-nettle
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,130 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
springsummer
2024▾
Chiffchaff · Swallow · Kestrel · Blackcap · Redwing +18
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
Muntjac
Thistle Tortoise Beetle · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis pertinax · Green Shieldbug +5
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Nettle-Tap
🍄Fungi3 species
springautumn
2023▾
Jelly Ear · Candlesnuff Fungus · Yellow Fieldcap
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2022
Red Dead-nettle
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Anthophila fabriciana
Anthophila fabriciana
Urophora carduiUrophora carduiUrophora carduiUrophora carduiWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumEvents & activities nearby
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