Strelley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.03610, -1.39009
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 178m away — 4 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 178m away — 4 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 6Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Erewash Circular Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pit Lanepublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Ripley Greenwaypublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mSurface pavedPath type: cycleway
Rope Walkpublic footpath · 439 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 439 mPath type: footway
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route102 m▾
Named routeLength 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route6 m▾
Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stoney Lanerestricted byway · 460 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 460 mPath type: footway
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10,611 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,611 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren +28
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White +13
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Himalayan Balsam · Water Mint · Wild Teasel · Guelder-rose · Polypodium +5
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- PolypodiumPolypodium
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
- Creeping-Jenny
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,611 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Chaffinch · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Wren +28
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Small White · Speckled Wood · Meadow Brown · Green-veined White +13
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Himalayan Balsam · Water Mint · Wild Teasel · Guelder-rose · Polypodium +5
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
- PolypodiumPolypodium
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
- Creeping-Jenny
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Lysimachia nummularia2024
Lysimachia nummularia2024
Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2024Hesgen LwydCarex divulsa2024Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2024Caper SpurgeEuphorbia lathyris2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024