Ash Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.55921, -1.14411
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 104m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route57 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route17 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 17 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
17,089 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,089 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +40
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
7-spot Ladybird · Comma · Peacock · Brimstone · Golden Dot +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- PeacockAglais io
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025
- Hawthorn Parornix
Blue Roundhead · False Chanterelle
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,089 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +40
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Bat · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
7-spot Ladybird · Comma · Peacock · Brimstone · Golden Dot +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- PeacockAglais io
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025
- Hawthorn Parornix
Blue Roundhead · False Chanterelle
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Parornix anglicella2025
Parornix anglicella2025
Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025Common PlumeEmmelina monodactyla2025