Launde Park Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland49 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome49 ha
Getting here
52.62523, -0.81445
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 9.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
35,137 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,137 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Rook · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Marsh Tit +20
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer +3
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Aphanus rolandri
- Aphanus rolandriAphanus rolandri
🍄Fungi20 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Witch's Butter · Yellow Brain · Crystal Brain · Crepidotus · Twig Parachute +15
- Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Twig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealis2025
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,137 records · National Biodiversity NetworkPheasant · Rook · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Marsh Tit +20
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Rabbit · Brown Hare · Muntjac · Red Fox · Roe Deer +3
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Aphanus rolandri
- Aphanus rolandriAphanus rolandri
🍄Fungi20 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Witch's Butter · Yellow Brain · Crystal Brain · Crepidotus · Twig Parachute +15
- Witch's ButterExidia glandulosa
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica
- Crystal BrainExidia nucleata
- CrepidotusCrepidotus
- Twig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealis2025
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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