Burley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.96989, -1.50183
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 326m 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 326m 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
Named hiking route nearby: Derby Nomad Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 12 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
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 17Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Coach Drivepublic footpath · 115 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 115 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
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
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Quarndon: the start of Burley Lane
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Wildlife to spot
20,101 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,101 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull +34
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Migrant Hawker · Common Green Grasshopper · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Long-winged Cone-head +7
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Pedunculate Oak · Broad Buckler-fern · Beech · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tormentil +7
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,101 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Coot · Mallard · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull +34
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Grasshopper · Migrant Hawker · Common Green Grasshopper · Rhododendron Leafhopper · Long-winged Cone-head +7
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
Pedunculate Oak · Broad Buckler-fern · Beech · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Tormentil +7
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Emperor Dragonfly
Emperor Dragonfly
Anax imperator
Anax imperator
Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiRoesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeseliiDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususEvents & activities nearby
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