Wellhole Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
53.01085, -1.52013
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 144m 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 144m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 11 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 Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Wildlife to spot
5,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,723 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Blackcap · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon +27
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- PochardAythya ferina
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Cream-spot Ladybird · Greater Girdled Sawfly
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Greater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculata
Sycamore · Creeping Buttercup · Yarrow · Wavy Bitter-cress · Bush Vetch +96
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,723 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Blackcap · Song Thrush · Woodpigeon +27
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- PochardAythya ferina
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Cream-spot Ladybird · Greater Girdled Sawfly
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Greater Girdled SawflyTenthredo maculata
Sycamore · Creeping Buttercup · Yarrow · Wavy Bitter-cress · Bush Vetch +96
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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