Cheshire Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland34 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome34 ha
Getting here
53.07966, -1.83156
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Circular Park WalkWalking route1.6 km▾
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Named routeLength 1.6 kmDuration 00:40Round tripLocal walking route
Hinkley Wood Route, Ilam ParkWalking route1.2 km▾
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Named routeLength 1.2 kmDuration 00:20Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Walk from Dovedale to Milldale, DovedaleWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 03:00Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route312 m▾
Named routeRef 549Length 312 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 549Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,707 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,707 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +5
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eristalis tenax · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Volucella pellucens · Meadow Grasshopper
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Common Nettle · Ash · Creeping Buttercup · Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Thistle +117
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,707 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Great Tit · Robin · Carrion Crow +5
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eristalis tenax · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Volucella pellucens · Meadow Grasshopper
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Common Nettle · Ash · Creeping Buttercup · Yorkshire-fog · Creeping Thistle +117
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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