Shaw's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.81331, -1.46022
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 373m 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 373m 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Red WalkWalking route3.8 km▾
Named routeLength 3.8 km
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route654 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 654 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route998 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 998 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route9 m▾
Named routeLength 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
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Wildlife to spot
35,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Nuthatch +9
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Ptinus sexpunctatus · Pine Cone Bug
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Cleavers · Holly · Red Dead-nettle +93
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Nuthatch +9
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Ptinus sexpunctatus · Pine Cone Bug
- Ptinus sexpunctatusPtinus sexpunctatus
- Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Lesser Celandine · Lords-and-Ladies · Cleavers · Holly · Red Dead-nettle +93
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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