Hobley Furze - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.47014, -1.32088
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 12A (short-cut for C12)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C12ALocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 12C (an even shorter [4 mile total] short-cut route than route A, devised for use on the WWF 7-Jun-2005 event)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C12CLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
The Fosse Way (B4455) towards Leicester
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Wildlife to spot
3,517 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,517 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025▾
Raven · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Skylark · Carrion Crow +32
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
Hawthorn Parornix · Plain Elm Dot · Blue-shot Dot · Barred Fruit-tree Dot · Cherry Leaf-miner +10
- Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella
- Plain Elm DotStigmella viscerella
- Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella
- Barred Fruit-tree DotEctoedemia atricollis
- Cherry Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter cerasicolella
- Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,517 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025▾
Raven · Woodpigeon · Yellowhammer · Skylark · Carrion Crow +32
- RavenCorvus corax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Great TitParus major2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2024▾
Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2022
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2022
Hawthorn Parornix · Plain Elm Dot · Blue-shot Dot · Barred Fruit-tree Dot · Cherry Leaf-miner +10
- Hawthorn ParornixParornix anglicella
- Plain Elm DotStigmella viscerella
- Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella
- Barred Fruit-tree DotEctoedemia atricollis
- Cherry Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter cerasicolella
- Common Thorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter oxyacanthae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Beautiful Elm Dot
Beautiful Elm Dot
Stigmella lemniscella
Stigmella lemniscella
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridellaHorse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridellaMaple DotStigmella acerisMaple DotStigmella acerisBlackthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter spinicolellaBlackthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter spinicolellaLeast Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeellaLeast Hawthorn DotStigmella perpygmaeellaApple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkellaApple Leaf MinerLyonetia clerkellaBramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche margineaBramble Blotch-minerCoptotriche margineaHawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliellaHawthorn Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter corylifoliellaGolden DotStigmella aurellaGolden DotStigmella aurella