Folville Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.70043, -0.95688
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
- 🅿️Parking 131m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Parking 131m away — 2 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 hiking route nearby: Leicestershire Round
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 48Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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The former Vicarage, Ashby Folville
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Wildlife to spot
8,136 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
Horse-chestnut · Elm · Field Bindweed · Rosebay Willowherb · Tufted Hair-grass +31
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- ElmUlmus
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,136 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Jackdaw · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Blackbird +44
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Horse-Chestnut Leaf-miner
- Horse-Chestnut Leaf-minerCameraria ohridella
Horse-chestnut · Elm · Field Bindweed · Rosebay Willowherb · Tufted Hair-grass +31
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- ElmUlmus
- Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas