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Black Wood

97 ha

📷 Mark Anderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome97 ha

Getting here

54.32270, -0.59533

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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
  • 🌿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
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Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +38 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Blue Tit +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Dark Green Fritillary +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Peacock, Dark Green Fritillary +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route
Named route
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Blue

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forest track, Black Wood

📷 Mark Anderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forest track, Black Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site3.4 km→🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park4.3 km→✦Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate DikesHistoric site2.5 km→✦Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low MoorHistoric site3.3 km→✦Round barrow on Silpho Moor 710m north of WhisperdalesHistoric site4.9 km→✦Round barrow on Reasty Hill Top 360m south east of BreckenhurstHistoric site4.9 km→

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Red House Crosscliff

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