Banhaw Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.48508, -0.54792
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Great Tit · Goldcrest · Treecreeper · Woodcock · Black-headed Gull +29
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Tall Fescue · Cock's-foot · Spear Thistle · Wood Dock · Bulbous Buttercup +107
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Black BryonyTamus communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Great Tit · Goldcrest · Treecreeper · Woodcock · Black-headed Gull +29
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Tall Fescue · Cock's-foot · Spear Thistle · Wood Dock · Bulbous Buttercup +107
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Black BryonyTamus communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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