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Gresley Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Ian Calderwood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

52.77758, -1.56821

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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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 230m 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 230m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km

Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Ivanhoe WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Coton in the Elms Circular WalkWalking route10 km

Named routeLength 10 kmLocal walking route

Spires and SteeplesWalking route

Named route

National Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

82 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 63Cycling route

Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

Conkers CircuitCycling route

Named routeRef Conkers CircuitRound tripLocal cycle route

N/ACycling route26 m

Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route2 km

Named routeLength 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route18 m

Named routeLength 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Shell Brook TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Shell Brook TrailRound tripLocal cycle route

Hicks Lodge TrailMountain bike route

Named route

Family Forest Trail (Yellow)Mountain bike route

Named routeRef Family Forest TrailRound trip

Wood Farm TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRef Wood Farm Trail

Wildlife to spot

23,186 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,186 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants133 species

winterspring

2026

Dandelion · Hogweed · Pendulous Sedge · Broad-leaved Dock · Sticky Mouse-ear +128

DandelionTaraxacum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
HollyIlex aquifolium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
CleaversGalium aparine
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
DaisyBellis perennis
BroomCytisus scoparius
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
AshFraxinus excelsior
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
YewTaxus baccata
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,186 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants133 species

winterspring

2026

Dandelion · Hogweed · Pendulous Sedge · Broad-leaved Dock · Sticky Mouse-ear +128

DandelionTaraxacum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Curled DockRumex crispus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Common ChickweedStellaria media
HazelCorylus avellana
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
White CloverTrifolium repens
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Silver BirchBetula pendula
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
HollyIlex aquifolium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
CleaversGalium aparine
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
DaisyBellis perennis
BroomCytisus scoparius
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Hard RushJuncus inflexus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
WeldReseda luteola
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
NipplewortLapsana communis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Hyacinthoides hispanicaHyacinthoides hispanica
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
LaurustinusViburnum tinus
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Winter JasmineJasminum nudiflorum
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Stellaria mediaStellaria media
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
GorseUlex europaeus
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
Portugal LaurelPrunus lusitanica
IvyHedera helix
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Common IvyHedera helix subsp. helix
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
ElderSambucus nigra
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Common VetchVicia sativa
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
AshFraxinus excelsior
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
YewTaxus baccata
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Rumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensisRumex crispus x obtusifolius = R. x pratensis
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Narrow-leaved Everlasting-peaLathyrus sylvestris
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
daffodilsNarcissus
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum