Sleigh Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.18768, -1.47591
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
- ☕Lake View Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Lake View Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Holly tree covered with berries
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Wildlife to spot
14,874 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull · Woodlark
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Emerald Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Common Hawker
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Norway Spruce · Russian-vine · Balkan Spurge · Mexican Fleabane · Wood Dock +112
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica
- Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull · Woodlark
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Emerald Damselfly · Ruddy Darter · Common Hawker
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Norway Spruce · Russian-vine · Balkan Spurge · Mexican Fleabane · Wood Dock +112
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- Russian-vineFallopia baldschuanica
- Balkan SpurgeEuphorbia oblongata
- Mexican FleabaneErigeron karvinskianus
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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