Ramshorn Common - Broadleaved woodland
37 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome37 ha
Getting here
53.00982, -1.88992
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hamps WayWalking route23 km▾
Named routeLength 23 kmLocal walking route
Manifold Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Friends of the Peak District Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Farley 47public footpath · 504 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 504 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
Cotton 40public footpath · 288 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 288 mPath type: footway
Farley 2public footpath · 163 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 163 mPath type: footway
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 549Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route321 m▾
Named routeRef 549Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 475 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 475 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
4,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +10
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PochardAythya ferina
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
🦌Mammals15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger +10
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Dog
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Sneezewort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,445 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +10
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- PochardAythya ferina
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
🦌Mammals15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Red Fox · Wood Mouse · Badger +10
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Dog
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Sneezewort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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