Spout Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.14397, -1.68957
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 8 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
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 13Walking route16 km▾
Named routeLength 16 kmRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 548Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 548National Cycle Network
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9 m▾
Named routeRef 548Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route547 m▾
Named routeRef 548Length 547 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km▾
Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gratton Dalebridleway · 1.9 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.9 kmSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Photos
Ferns, flowers and trees, Gratton Dale
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Wildlife to spot
7,343 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,343 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin +49
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Garden Chafer · Green Tiger Beetle
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
🌿Plants12 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Sorrel · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Sweet Chestnut · Slender St John's-wort · Crosswort +7
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,343 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Wren · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin +49
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Garden Chafer · Green Tiger Beetle
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
🌿Plants12 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Sorrel · Rue-leaved Saxifrage · Sweet Chestnut · Slender St John's-wort · Crosswort +7
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
- Rue-leaved SaxifrageSaxifraga tridactylites
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2025
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus corniculatus2025
Lotus corniculatus2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025RaspberryRubus idaeus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025BrambleRubus fruticosus2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Carline ThistleCarlina vulgaris2025Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2025Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025