Err Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🧺Picnic🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.27670, -1.98240
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 5 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
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 20Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Buxton Ring of Trees WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 18Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cheshire CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70Regional cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
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Buxton Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Buxton Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
High Peak CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grit and Gears IIMountain bike route▾
Forest BridlewayMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,936 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,936 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Wren +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Feral Sheep · Domestic Dog · Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Formica lemani · Eristalis tenax · Striped Slender Robberfly · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Syrphus +10
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Bibio pomonae
Purple Moor-grass · Soft-rush · Sneezewort · Bilberry · Coltsfoot +6
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,936 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Wren +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Feral Sheep · Domestic Dog · Mole · Pipistrelle Bat species · Grey Squirrel
- Feral SheepOvis aries
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Formica lemani · Eristalis tenax · Striped Slender Robberfly · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Syrphus +10
- Formica lemaniFormica lemani
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Striped Slender RobberflyLeptogaster cylindrica
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Bibio pomonae
Purple Moor-grass · Soft-rush · Sneezewort · Bilberry · Coltsfoot +6
- Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bibio pomonae
Bibio pomonae
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariaeMyrmica lobicornisMyrmica lobicornisMyrmica lobicornisMyrmica lobicornisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumSlender AntLeptothorax acervorumSlender AntLeptothorax acervorumCommon HawkerAeshna junceaCommon HawkerAeshna junceaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigra