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Ash Spinney - Broadleaved woodland

7 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Wakerley Spinney · CC BY-SA 3.0

PicnicFamilyDogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha

Getting here

52.82060, -1.30765

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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
  • 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
  • ☕Costa — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
CaféParking· PaidPicnic spotToilets

Best for

9 activities

Picnic day out

picnic area, café, toilets, car park

Free

Family friendly

café, toilets, picnic area

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Hyam's Lanepublic footpath · 1.1 km
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
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Cycling

46 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Route 15Cycling route
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Wakerley Spinney

📷 Wikipedia · Wakerley Spinney · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Highfields HedgesUrban park1.4 km→🌱Whatton House GardensUrban park2.6 km→✦KINGSTON PARK PLEASURE GARDENSHistoric site4.8 km→✦Hemington ChapelHistoric site3 km→✦Roman villa and enclosures N of Ratcliffe LaneHistoric site4.6 km→✦WHATTON HOUSEHistoric site2.7 km→

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