Forty Horse Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.05526, -1.37621
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £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
Named hiking route nearby: Amber Valley Routeway Walk 4
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Another 6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeways 13Walking route▾
Coach Roadpublic footpath · 651 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 651 mPath type: service
Coach Roadpublic footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mPath type: service
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,925 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,925 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Blue Tit +31
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Hairy Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Nipplewort · Wood Dock · Centaurea nigra · Black-grass · Ribwort Plantain +92
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,925 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Crested Grebe · Robin · Mallard · Moorhen · Blue Tit +31
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- OtterLutra lutra
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Hairy Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Nipplewort · Wood Dock · Centaurea nigra · Black-grass · Ribwort Plantain +92
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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