Oakmeadow Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.64056, -1.20162
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
- 🛝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▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
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▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
27,920 records · National Biodiversity Network
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
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