Aylestone Holt - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.57573, -1.18023
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bridleway V44Walking route▾
Named routeRef V44
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Picnic site on the Whetstone Way North - geograph.org.uk - 5272229
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Wildlife to spot
48,345 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
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- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
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springautumn
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- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
- Early GreyXylocampa areola
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Wildlife to spot
48,345 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +34
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐝Insects44 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hebrew Character · Common Quaker · Small Quaker · Clouded Drab · November Moth agg. +39
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025
- Early GreyXylocampa areola
Ruzenia spermoides
- Ruzenia spermoidesRuzenia spermoides
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas