Padwick Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.07592, -1.97373
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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Habitat Walk Ladderedge Country Park (Green Arrows)Walking route▾
Includes some hills
Named routeDuration 45min
Young Woodland LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Churnet WayWalking route▾
Valley Woodland TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Booth's Wood LoopWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ipstones 35public footpath · 1.2 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.2 kmPath type: path
Ipstones 35public footpath · 613 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 613 mPath type: path
Bradnop and Cawdry 16public footpath · 402 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 402 mPath type: path
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 559Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 559National Cycle Network
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 559Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 559Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route302 m▾
Named routeRef 559Length 302 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.5 km▾
Named routeRef 559Length 5.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
22,549 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,549 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird +43
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Formica lemani · Red Ant · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sericomyia superbiens · Myrmica scabrinodis +3
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Red AntMyrmica rubra
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Candlesnuff Fungus · Hoof Fungus · Amanita Wridog
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rosebay Willowherb · Horsetail · Sneezewort · Elder
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- HorsetailEquisetum
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,549 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird +43
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Formica lemani · Red Ant · Red-legged Shieldbug · Sericomyia superbiens · Myrmica scabrinodis +3
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Red AntMyrmica rubra
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Sericomyia superbiensSericomyia superbiens
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Myrmica ruginodisMyrmica ruginodis
- Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Candlesnuff Fungus · Hoof Fungus · Amanita Wridog
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Hoof FungusFomes fomentarius
- Amanita WridogAmanita rubescens
🌿Plants4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Rosebay Willowherb · Horsetail · Sneezewort · Elder
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- HorsetailEquisetum
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Chorthippus albomarginatus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax