Grange Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.58978, -1.15890
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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
- 🛝Playground 105m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 105m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
109 signed routes nearby
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Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus2025Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus2025Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2024Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.2024Dothidella ulmiDothidella ulmi2024Dothidella ulmiDothidella ulmi2024Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2024Yellow FieldcapBolbitius titubans2024Melanelixia glabratulaMelanelixia glabratula2024Melanelixia glabratulaMelanelixia glabratula2024Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata2024Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata2024Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida2024Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida2024Rose Black-SpotDiplocarpon rosae2024Rose Black-SpotDiplocarpon rosae2024Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat.Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat.2024Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat.Golovinomyces cynoglossi s. lat.2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Wall BarleyHordeum murinum2024Cherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaCherry PlumPrunus cerasiferaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024HogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisBulrushTypha latifolia2025BulrushTypha latifolia2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HonestyLunaria annua2025HonestyLunaria annua2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus2025Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2025Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024ElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraGlory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiGlory-of-the-snowScilla forbesiiGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaCommon WhitlowgrassErophila vernaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBuck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopusBuck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopusWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025Evergreen SpindleEuonymus japonicus2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025SilverweedPotentilla anserina2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025Dog-roseRosa canina2025White WillowSalix alba2025White WillowSalix alba2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025PlumPrunus domestica subsp. domestica2025PlumPrunus domestica subsp. domestica2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025OsierSalix viminalis2025OsierSalix viminalis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025Grey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens2025Grey PoplarPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025Fat-henChenopodium album2025AppleMalus domestica2025AppleMalus domestica2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025WeldReseda luteola2025WeldReseda luteola2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025Tubular Water-dropwortOenanthe fistulosa2025Tubular Water-dropwortOenanthe fistulosa2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Three-cornered GarlicAllium triquetrum2025Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2025Yellow-flowered StrawberryPotentilla indica2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025daffodilsNarcissus2025daffodilsNarcissus2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025DewberryRubus caesius2024DewberryRubus caesius2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024TansyTanacetum vulgare2024TansyTanacetum vulgare2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2024Wild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carota2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2024Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2024Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2024ThistleCirsium2024ThistleCirsium2024St. John's-WortHypericum2024St. John's-WortHypericum2024HydrangeaHydrangea2024HydrangeaHydrangea2024Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2024Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024IrisIris2024IrisIris2024Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2024Forget-Me-NotMyosotis2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2024CotoneasterCotoneaster2024CotoneasterCotoneaster2024YewTaxus baccata2024YewTaxus baccata2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Greater CelandineChelidonium majus2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024PoppyPapaver2024PoppyPapaver2024Events & activities nearby
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