Rookery Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.27771, -1.41672
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
- 🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 142m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking 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
Dronfield Rotary WalkWalking route▾
73 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
13,418 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,418 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blue Tit +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Badger · Roe Deer · Mole · Common Shrew · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Large Red Damselfly +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
🌿Plants21 species
springsummer
2026▾
Great Willowherb · Elder · Holly · Hazel · Primrose +16
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,418 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blue Tit +47
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Badger · Roe Deer · Mole · Common Shrew · Red Fox
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🦎Reptiles1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Large Red Damselfly +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
🌿Plants21 species
springsummer
2026▾
Great Willowherb · Elder · Holly · Hazel · Primrose +16
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas