Holly Wood - Broadleaved woodland
15 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
53.18366, -1.61251
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
- 🅿️Caudwell's Mill 13m away — 12 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
- 🅿️Caudwell's Mill 13m away — 12 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
Named cycling route nearby: White Peak Loop
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 43 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional 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
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
Monsal TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Derwent Lanepublic footpath · 15 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Woodhouse Roadpublic footpath · 1.3 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.3 kmSurface pavedPath type: service
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Monsal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 680National 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 route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 680Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
Main RouteCycling route336 m▾
Named routeRef 680Length 336 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Woodland between the old railway line and the A6
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Wildlife to spot
26,468 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great TitParus major
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Red Deer
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Coltsfoot · Blackthorn · Pendulous Sedge · Wall-rue · Ivy +3
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · House Sparrow +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great TitParus major
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Red Deer
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Coltsfoot · Blackthorn · Pendulous Sedge · Wall-rue · Ivy +3
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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