Corbar Woods - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.26391, -1.92206
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Cavendish Golf Club Car Park 60m away — 20 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
- 🅿️Cavendish Golf Club Car Park 60m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Dane Valley WayWalking route66 km▾
Buxton to Northwich
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
Buxton Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Corbar Woods Lanepublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mPath type: unclassified
Corbar Woods Lanepublic footpath · 174 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 174 mPath type: unclassified
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Buxton Cycle Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
61,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
61,068 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vine Weevil · Trichocera regelationis +1
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant · Common Ragwort +9
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
61,068 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog · Palmate Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects6 species
winterspring
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Neomyia cornicina · Varied Carpet Beetle · Vine Weevil · Trichocera regelationis +1
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Neomyia cornicinaNeomyia cornicina
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Trichocera regelationisTrichocera regelationis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants14 species
winterspring
2026▾
Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Flowering Currant · Common Ragwort +9
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
YewTaxus baccataYewTaxus baccataHollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisWinter AconiteEranthis hyemalisSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusRed ValerianCentranthus ruberRed ValerianCentranthus ruberDaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025