Sutton Springs Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.19825, -1.37008
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km▾
Wellies not essential!
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Postmans Lanepublic footpath · 362 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 362 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Mill Lanepublic footpath · 74 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 74 mSurface dirtPath type: track
Postmans Lanepublic footpath · 144 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 144 mSurface pavedPath type: service
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route297 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 297 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface flexsurface
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Woodland beside the B6039
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Wildlife to spot
18,252 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Teal · Cormorant · Mute Swan · Robin · Grey Heron +30
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
Procumbent Pearlwort · Rape · Groundsel · Lesser Burdock · Field Pansy +129
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- RapeBrassica napus
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana
- LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,252 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Teal · Cormorant · Mute Swan · Robin · Grey Heron +30
- TealAnas crecca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
Procumbent Pearlwort · Rape · Groundsel · Lesser Burdock · Field Pansy +129
- Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
- RapeBrassica napus
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field PansyViola arvensis
- Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana
- LimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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