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Broad Head

42 ha

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome42 ha

Getting here

54.28306, -0.62113

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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
  • 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit +54 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit +54 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown +79 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

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

3 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
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
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Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forest road in Broxa Forest near Broad Head Farm

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forest road in Broxa Forest near Broad Head Farm

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park2.2 km→✦Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated featuresHistoric site2.6 km→✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site4.5 km→✦Three embanked pit alignments and segments of a linear boundary and a medieval hollow way, 300m west of Givendale Head FarmHistoric site1.2 km→✦Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low MoorHistoric site1.4 km→✦Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome FarmHistoric site2.7 km→

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Staindale Lake

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