Brierley Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.27307, -1.44889
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
- 🅿️Parking 492m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Parking 492m away — 2 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 25 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local 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
N/ACycling route548 m▾
Named routeLength 548 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route107 m▾
Named routeLength 107 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
10,167 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,167 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Peregrine · Raven · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon +18
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Mole · Roe Deer +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Lesser Stag Beetle
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Pineappleweed · Holly · Gorse · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Greater Plantain +33
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,167 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Peregrine · Raven · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon +18
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Mole · Roe Deer +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Eristalis tenax · Harlequin Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Lesser Stag Beetle
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Pineappleweed · Holly · Gorse · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Greater Plantain +33
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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