Spring Wood - Woodland
8 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.74335, -1.52671
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 225m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route
Wyke Beck WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route
Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route
Cross Green LoopCycling route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Route CS3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS3Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
2,987 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,987 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
- Brown Rat
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Rosemary Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Cantharis rustica · Platycheirus +1
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2023
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2022
🌿Plants38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Campion · Wood Anemone · Creeping Thistle · Creeping-Jenny · Garlic Mustard +33
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,987 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- SwiftApus apus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Hedgehog · Mole · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew · Pipistrelle Bat species +1
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- MoleTalpa europaea2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
- Brown Rat
🐸Amphibians3 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects6 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Rosemary Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Cantharis rustica · Platycheirus +1
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus2023
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus2022
🌿Plants38 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red Campion · Wood Anemone · Creeping Thistle · Creeping-Jenny · Garlic Mustard +33
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2023
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rattus norvegicus2021
Rattus norvegicus2021
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus2021Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus20212021
2021
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisParsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2024Parsley-leaved BrambleRubus laciniatus2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024Wood MelickMelica uniflora2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024Hoary CressLepidium draba2024Hoary CressLepidium draba2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024RamsonsAllium ursinum2024Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2023CleaversGalium aparine2023CleaversGalium aparine2023Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2023Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2023AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2023BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2022MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2021Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis2021Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2021GypsywortLycopus europaeus2021GypsywortLycopus europaeus2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2021Field MapleAcer campestre2021Field MapleAcer campestre2021Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2021Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2021Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2021Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Common SorrelRumex acetosa2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Red CloverTrifolium pratense2021Events & activities nearby
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