Shaw Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.09472, -1.42260
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 83m 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 83m 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 50 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cromford Canal FootpathWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 5Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwell TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Entrance to Shaw Wood from B6013
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Wildlife to spot
4,961 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Shrew · Bank Vole +4
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Glow-worm
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Meadowsweet · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hemp-agrimony · Bittersweet · Hedge Woundwort
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,961 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Carrion Crow +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Shrew · Bank Vole +4
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- Water ShrewNeomys fodiens
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker · Glow-worm
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
Meadowsweet · Smooth Sow-thistle · Hemp-agrimony · Bittersweet · Hedge Woundwort
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
- Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum2024
- BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes2024
Vulpes vulpes2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024Events & activities nearby
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