Thorpe Spring Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.27671, -1.44115
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 182m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 26 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
8,878 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,878 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Goldfinch · Tawny Owl · Jay · Blackbird · Swallow +36
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Roe Deer · Mole · Red Fox · Common Shrew · Field Vole +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Himalayan Balsam · Holly · Gorse · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Musk-mallow +20
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,878 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Goldfinch · Tawny Owl · Jay · Blackbird · Swallow +36
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Roe Deer · Mole · Red Fox · Common Shrew · Field Vole +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Himalayan Balsam · Holly · Gorse · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Musk-mallow +20
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
