Woodseats Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.11245, -1.54590
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Cromford Station Car Park 28m away — 10 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
- 🅿️Cromford Station Car Park 28m away — 10 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 km10 signed routes nearby · 26 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
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 547Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 547National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route194 m▾
Named routeRef 547Length 194 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Carsington Water Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Railway bridge over the River Derwent
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34,086 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
34,086 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Mallard +40
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Harvest Mouse
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Water Cricket
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
Dog's Mercury · Hogweed · Hart's-Tongue · Yew · Ramsons +52
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- YewTaxus baccata
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,086 records · National Biodiversity NetworkJackdaw · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Mallard +40
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Harvest Mouse
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
Water Cricket
- Water CricketVelia (Plesiovelia) caprai
Dog's Mercury · Hogweed · Hart's-Tongue · Yew · Ramsons +52
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- YewTaxus baccata
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
SanicleSanicula europaeaSanicleSanicula europaeaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaCommon DuckweedLemna minorCommon DuckweedLemna minorHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaWood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvaticaCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helixCommon IvyHedera helix subsp. helixRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisDryopteris affinisReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaReed Sweet-grassGlyceria maximaPolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgareCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumSoft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferumYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusDame's-violetHesperis matronalisDame's-violetHesperis matronalisWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisSmooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillarisFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumGooseberryRibes uva-crispaGooseberryRibes uva-crispaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiButterfly-bushBuddleja davidiiFeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025