Foston Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.56668, -1.12654
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 · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
63 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
N/ACycling route30 m▾
Named routeLength 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
18,590 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,590 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +41
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects16 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brimstone · Comma · Peacock · Golden Dot · Apion frumentarium +11
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- PeacockAglais io
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025
Blue Roundhead · False Chanterelle
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,590 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch +41
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Bat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BatChiroptera2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects16 species
springautumn
2026▾
Brimstone · Comma · Peacock · Golden Dot · Apion frumentarium +11
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- PeacockAglais io
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
- Aulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringii2025
Blue Roundhead · False Chanterelle
- Blue RoundheadStropharia caerulea
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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