Hate Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.16531, -1.48980
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
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 km4 signed routes nearby · 46 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
White Peak LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route852 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Marsh Green Lanebyway open to all traffic · 283 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 283 mPath type: service
Photos
Steep woodland footpath to the River Amber
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Wildlife to spot
14,574 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull · Chaffinch · Woodlark +4
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Stoat
Bertkauia lucifuga
- Bertkauia lucifugaBertkauia lucifuga
Field Scabious · Pineappleweed · Perennial Sow-thistle · Common Couch · False Oat-grass +75
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Common CouchElymus repens
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,574 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull · Chaffinch · Woodlark +4
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodlarkLullula arborea2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Stoat
Bertkauia lucifuga
- Bertkauia lucifugaBertkauia lucifuga
Field Scabious · Pineappleweed · Perennial Sow-thistle · Common Couch · False Oat-grass +75
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Common CouchElymus repens
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas