Sutton Springs Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.21397, -1.38200
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
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 10 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
68 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
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
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Wildlife to spot
8,132 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,132 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds14 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Magpie · Tawny Owl +9
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- MagpiePica pica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Wild Angelica · Red Clover · Centaurea nigra · Meadow Vetchling · Smooth Tare +122
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,132 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds14 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Magpie · Tawny Owl +9
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- MagpiePica pica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Western Conifer Seed Bug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
Wild Angelica · Red Clover · Centaurea nigra · Meadow Vetchling · Smooth Tare +122
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
