Lady's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.89057, -0.15660
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
- 🅿️Ridlins Field 365m away — 6 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
- 🅿️Ridlins Field 365m away — 6 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 km20 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
Great Ashby Woodland WalkWalking route▾
Izzard pathpublic footpath · 144 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 144 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Cynthia Wood pathpublic footpath · 76 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 76 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Harding pathpublic footpath · 346 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 346 mSurface groundPath type: footway
30 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route30 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 30 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Footpath over Gresley Way, Stevenage
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Wildlife to spot
11,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket +25
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- MacropsisMacropsis
Himalayan Balsam · Lesser Celandine · Early Dog-violet · Wood Anemone · Lungwort +15
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Harlequin Ladybird · Dark Bush-cricket +25
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- MacropsisMacropsis
Himalayan Balsam · Lesser Celandine · Early Dog-violet · Wood Anemone · Lungwort +15
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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