Heath Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.83026, -1.48913
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
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 · 1 public path 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
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route464 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 464 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route50 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 50 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tramway TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef The Tramway Trail
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Gate on the edge of Heath Wood
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Wildlife to spot
18,792 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,792 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Cormorant +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
Common Sorrel · Common Chickweed · Dandelion · Broad-leaved Dock · Ribwort Plantain +98
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,792 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Cormorant +16
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
Common Sorrel · Common Chickweed · Dandelion · Broad-leaved Dock · Ribwort Plantain +98
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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