Holbrook Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.60096, -1.09316
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
- 🅿️Golf \lub Car Park 300m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Golf \lub Car Park 300m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: Leicester 'Route 4'
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
123 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
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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#18 Granville Avenue at Foxhunter Drive junction
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Wildlife to spot
61,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
61,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Goldcrest · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +19
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Quaker · Clouded Drab · Hebrew Character · 7-spot Ladybird +65
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PeacockAglais io
Puccinia lapsanae · Cedar Cup · Lecidella elaeochroma · Netted Crust · Crepidotus
- Puccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanae
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
Winter Aconite · Silver Birch · Alder · Ivy · Bramble
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- IvyHedera helix
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
61,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Goldcrest · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +19
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Common Quaker · Clouded Drab · Hebrew Character · 7-spot Ladybird +65
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PeacockAglais io
Puccinia lapsanae · Cedar Cup · Lecidella elaeochroma · Netted Crust · Crepidotus
- Puccinia lapsanaePuccinia lapsanae
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Netted CrustByssomerulius corium
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
Winter Aconite · Silver Birch · Alder · Ivy · Bramble
- Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- IvyHedera helix
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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