Little Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.96326, -1.38022
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 203m 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km27 signed routes nearby · 31 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
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Church Lanepublic footpath · 106 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 106 mSurface gravelPath type: track
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route634 m▾
Named routeRef 672Length 634 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,569 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,569 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Dunnock +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Great Horsetail · Creeping Thistle · Ash · Yew · Great Willowherb +58
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- YewTaxus baccata
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,569 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Dunnock +44
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Great Horsetail · Creeping Thistle · Ash · Yew · Great Willowherb +58
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- YewTaxus baccata
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
