Tooley Spinneys - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.60388, -1.29572
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Footpath V51Walking route▾
Named routeRef V51
Footpath U50Walking route▾
Named routeRef U50
Footpath V23Walking route▾
Named routeRef V23
Bridleway U52Walking route▾
Named routeRef U52
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route317 m▾
Named routeLength 317 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route240 m▾
Named routeLength 240 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route727 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 727 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route498 m▾
Named routeLength 498 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,351 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,351 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Garden Grass-veneer · Dark Arches · Common Carder Bee · Common Footman · Heart & Dart +96
- Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella
- Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common FootmanEilema lurideola
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Spear Thistle · Lady's Bedstraw · Harebell · Hop · Bifid Hemp-nettle +10
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- HopHumulus lupulus
- Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida
- ElmUlmus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,351 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
Garden Grass-veneer · Dark Arches · Common Carder Bee · Common Footman · Heart & Dart +96
- Garden Grass-veneerChrysoteuchia culmella
- Dark ArchesApamea monoglypha
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common FootmanEilema lurideola
- Heart & DartAgrotis exclamationis
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Spear Thistle · Lady's Bedstraw · Harebell · Hop · Bifid Hemp-nettle +10
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- HopHumulus lupulus
- Bifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifida
- ElmUlmus
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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