Morrell's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
53.03679, -1.41935
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 429m away — 8 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 429m away — 8 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 16 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
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 10Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route102 m▾
Named routeLength 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route6 m▾
Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route88 m▾
Named routeLength 88 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,680 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,680 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +13
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +14
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,680 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blackbird +13
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Badger · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper +14
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Himalayan Balsam
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorSmall HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Leopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusLeopoldius signatusGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaWallLasiommata megera2024WallLasiommata megera2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Events & activities nearby
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