Ash Pole Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.71227, -0.82983
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 489m 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 489m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 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
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,816 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,816 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Starling · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +32
- MagpiePica pica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Badger · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit +5
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Large White
- Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Dead Moll's Fingers · Jelly Ear
- Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Cock's-foot · Hawthorn · Broad-leaved Dock · Elm · Greater Plantain +58
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
- ElmUlmus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
- Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,816 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Starling · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +32
- MagpiePica pica2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
🦌Mammals10 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Badger · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit +5
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Large White
- Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
Dead Moll's Fingers · Jelly Ear
- Dead Moll's FingersXylaria longipes
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
Cock's-foot · Hawthorn · Broad-leaved Dock · Elm · Greater Plantain +58
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2023
- ElmUlmus
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2023
- Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas