Oakmeadow Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.64056, -1.20162
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 169m 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 169m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
143 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
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West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
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Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
27,920 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pygmy Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Red Admiral · Common Spangle Causer · Silk-button Causer +10
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025
🍄Fungi3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Splitgill · Arrhenia rickenii
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Arrhenia rickeniiArrhenia rickenii2025
Cherry Plum · Hazel · Purple-loosestrife · Common Fleabane · Tufted Vetch +2
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,920 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Goldfinch · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +23
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Pygmy Shrew
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects15 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Common Carder Bee · Red Admiral · Common Spangle Causer · Silk-button Causer +10
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Common Spangle CauserNeuroterus quercusbaccarum f. agamic2025
- Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025
🍄Fungi3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Cedar Cup · Splitgill · Arrhenia rickenii
- Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
- SplitgillSchizophyllum commune
- Arrhenia rickeniiArrhenia rickenii2025
Cherry Plum · Hazel · Purple-loosestrife · Common Fleabane · Tufted Vetch +2
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2025Painted LadyVanessa cardui2025Shining Dogwood CutterAntispila metallella2025Shining Dogwood CutterAntispila metallella2025Orthotylus (Parapachylops) capraiOrthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai2025Orthotylus (Parapachylops) capraiOrthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsusOrthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus2025Orthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsusOrthotylus (Melanotrichus) flavosparsus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Events & activities nearby
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