Whistley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
52.06804, -1.10593
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 on site — 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 on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route525 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 525 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route93 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 93 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route51 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
11,654 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,654 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Treecreeper · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +33
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- SwiftApus apus2020
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2020
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter +13
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
🌿Plants16 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Japanese Rose · Red Dead-nettle · Beech · Elder · Opium Poppy +11
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
- BeechFagus sylvatica2023
- ElderSambucus nigra2023
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
- Lords-and-Ladies
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,654 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Treecreeper · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Great Tit +33
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MagpiePica pica
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- SwiftApus apus2020
Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2020
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Large Red Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Azure Damselfly · Four-spotted Chaser · Common Darter +13
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2020
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
🌿Plants16 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Japanese Rose · Red Dead-nettle · Beech · Elder · Opium Poppy +11
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
- BeechFagus sylvatica2023
- ElderSambucus nigra2023
- Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2023
- Lords-and-Ladies
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Arum maculatum2021
Arum maculatum2021
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2021Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2021Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2019IvyHedera helix2019IvyHedera helix2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2019Curled DockRumex crispus2019Curled DockRumex crispus2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2019Meadow-GrassPoa2019Meadow-GrassPoa2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019GroundselSenecio vulgaris2019Events & activities nearby
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