Goldhill Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.58233, -1.11399
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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
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· 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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
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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
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44,955 records · National Biodiversity Network
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- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
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- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
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- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
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- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
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- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
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- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
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- German WaspVespula germanica
- Gilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
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- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus
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- IvyHedera helix
- AshFraxinus excelsior
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- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Narrow-leaved AshFraxinus angustifolia
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