Wellhole Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.01936, -1.51680
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 18 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
Lumb Lanepublic footpath · 46 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 46 mPath type: service
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lumb Lanebridleway · 2 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2 mPath type: track
Lumb Lanebridleway · 48 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 48 mPath type: track
Lumb Lanebridleway · 205 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 205 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Lumb Lanebridleway · 30 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 30 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Lumb Lanebridleway · 153 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 153 mSurface gravelPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
7,596 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,596 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Dunnock · Blackbird · Magpie · Chiffchaff · Kestrel +27
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cream-spot Ladybird
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Hawthorn · Ribwort Plantain · White Clover · Creeping Thistle · Dandelion +116
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- DandelionTaraxacum
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,596 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Dunnock · Blackbird · Magpie · Chiffchaff · Kestrel +27
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Cream-spot Ladybird
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Hawthorn · Ribwort Plantain · White Clover · Creeping Thistle · Dandelion +116
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- DandelionTaraxacum
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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