Shirebrook Wood - Woodland
22 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome22 ha
Getting here
53.18907, -1.20045
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 351m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 351m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 648Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bath Lanebyway open to all traffic · 335 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 335 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Littlewood Lanebridleway · 498 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 498 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Littlewood Lanebridleway · 335 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 335 mPath type: track
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Shirebrook Wood in early November
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Wildlife to spot
22,171 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,171 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Early Dog-violet · Flowering Currant · Parsley Water-dropwort · Great Millet · Black-poplar +3
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2025
- Great MilletSorghum bicolor2025
- Black-poplarPopulus nigra2025
- Black Nightshade
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,171 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin +36
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Early Dog-violet · Flowering Currant · Parsley Water-dropwort · Great Millet · Black-poplar +3
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2025
- Great MilletSorghum bicolor2025
- Black-poplarPopulus nigra2025
- Black Nightshade
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Solanum nigrum2025
Solanum nigrum2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Events & activities nearby
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