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Scar Plantation - Woodland

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.63588, -1.93635

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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 83m 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 83m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Kirklees Way

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

18 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Calderdale WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Oldham WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Standedge to Warland Reservoir)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route964 m

Named routeRef 68Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route771 m

Named routeRef 68Length 771 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route463 m

Named routeRef 68Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route43 m

Named routeRef 68Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km

Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

3,909 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,909 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummer

2025

Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Barn Owl · Hobby +39

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RavenCorvus corax
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Barn OwlTyto alba
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
MagpiePica pica2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WigeonMareca penelope2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2024

Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Mole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Altica

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
AlticaAltica2023

🌿

Plants26 species

spring

2026

Giant Hogweed · Fringed Bog-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Lustrous Bog-moss · Bifid Crestwort +21

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2023
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,909 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

springsummer

2025

Peregrine · Raven · Little Ringed Plover · Barn Owl · Hobby +39

PeregrineFalco peregrinus
RavenCorvus corax
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Barn OwlTyto alba
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
MagpiePica pica2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Little TernSternula albifrons
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
WigeonMareca penelope2023
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2023
SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummer

2024

Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Mole

Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Brown HareLepus europaeus
MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Altica

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
AlticaAltica2023

🌿

Plants26 species

spring

2026

Giant Hogweed · Fringed Bog-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Lustrous Bog-moss · Bifid Crestwort +21

Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Fringed Bog-mossSphagnum fimbriatum
Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Lustrous Bog-mossSphagnum subnitens
Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum
Common HaircapPolytrichum commune s.l.
Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2025
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2023
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Common BistortBistorta officinalis2023
Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2023