Oak Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.51565, -1.18053
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bridleway V44Walking route▾
Named routeRef V44
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route625 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 625 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route367 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 367 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,049 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,049 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Song Thrush · Blackbird · Red-legged Partridge · Redwing +2
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Golden Dot · Phytomyza glechomae · Rondaniola bursaria · Shining Hawthorn Dot · Hawthorn Dot +48
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae
- Rondaniola bursariaRondaniola bursaria
- Shining Hawthorn DotStigmella hybnerella2024
- Hawthorn DotStigmella crataegella2024
- Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2024
🍄Fungi7 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Lecidella elaeochroma · Common Orange Lichen · Sycamore Tarspot · Lepraria incana s. lat. · Candlesnuff Fungus +2
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2024
- Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Herb-Robert · Ground-elder · Ivy · Hogweed · Common Ragwort +72
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- IvyHedera helix2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,049 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Song Thrush · Blackbird · Red-legged Partridge · Redwing +2
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Golden Dot · Phytomyza glechomae · Rondaniola bursaria · Shining Hawthorn Dot · Hawthorn Dot +48
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Phytomyza glechomaePhytomyza glechomae
- Rondaniola bursariaRondaniola bursaria
- Shining Hawthorn DotStigmella hybnerella2024
- Hawthorn DotStigmella crataegella2024
- Blue-shot DotStigmella plagicolella2024
🍄Fungi7 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Lecidella elaeochroma · Common Orange Lichen · Sycamore Tarspot · Lepraria incana s. lat. · Candlesnuff Fungus +2
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2024
- Lepraria incana s. lat.Lepraria incana s. lat.
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Coesyn MelfedFlammulina velutipes
Herb-Robert · Ground-elder · Ivy · Hogweed · Common Ragwort +72
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- IvyHedera helix2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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