Turnpole Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.70640, -0.51595
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
The Driftbyway open to all traffic · 2.6 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 2.6 kmPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
6,932 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,932 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Blackbird · Great Tit +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Blue Damselfly · Marbled White · Dark Green Fritillary · Didymomyia tiliacea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja
- Didymomyia tiliaceaDidymomyia tiliacea
Tufted Vetch · Meadowsweet · Quaking-grass · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hedge Bedstraw +99
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,932 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Wren · Magpie · Blackbird · Great Tit +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Blue Damselfly · Marbled White · Dark Green Fritillary · Didymomyia tiliacea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Dark Green FritillarySpeyeria aglaja
- Didymomyia tiliaceaDidymomyia tiliacea
Tufted Vetch · Meadowsweet · Quaking-grass · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hedge Bedstraw +99
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
