Thornborough Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.45212, -1.19541
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 132m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 132m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
13 signed routes nearby
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Route 50Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route36 m▾
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Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
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Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route51 m▾
Named routeLength 51 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,049 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,049 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Swift · Moorhen +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Common Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus torvus · Bramble Blotch-miner · Phytomyza glechomae · Dasineura fraxini +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2025
- Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae2025
- Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
🍄Fungi9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Yellow Brain · Turkeytail · Arthonia radiata · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Shaggy Inkcap +4
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2025
- Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
Spear Thistle · Yarrow · Hawthorn · Oxeye Daisy · Butterfly-bush +5
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
- WalnutJuglans regia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,049 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Swift · Moorhen +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Common Shrew
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus torvus · Bramble Blotch-miner · Phytomyza glechomae · Dasineura fraxini +3
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Bramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche marginea2025
- Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae2025
- Dasineura fraxiniDasineura fraxini
🍄Fungi9 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Yellow Brain · Turkeytail · Arthonia radiata · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Shaggy Inkcap +4
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Shaggy InkcapCoprinus comatus2025
- Brown Birch BoleteLeccinum scabrum
Spear Thistle · Yarrow · Hawthorn · Oxeye Daisy · Butterfly-bush +5
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
- WalnutJuglans regia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella2025Oak CarlTischeria ekebladella2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Knopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamic2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula2025Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula20252025
2025
Madarch y MaesAgaricus campestris2025Madarch y MaesAgaricus campestris2025Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025Flame ShieldPluteus aurantiorugosus2025Flame ShieldPluteus aurantiorugosus2025IvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburYewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccata