Low Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.48593, -1.42998
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
- 🅿️Parking 197m away — 6 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 197m away — 6 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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 67
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Silkstone Common to Wombwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
Skiers Hallpublic footpath · 241 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 241 mSurface gravelPath type: service
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
14,227 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,227 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Syrphus · Volucella inanis · Common Flower Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Leistus fulvibarbis +8
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
- Opomyza florumOpomyza florum
Goat Willow · Common Centaury · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hard Rush · Common Knapweed +38
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,227 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Mallard · Robin +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2026▾
Syrphus · Volucella inanis · Common Flower Bug · 2-spot Ladybird · Leistus fulvibarbis +8
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
- Opomyza florumOpomyza florum
Goat Willow · Common Centaury · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Hard Rush · Common Knapweed +38
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Rosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaChicoryCichorium intybusChicoryCichorium intybusAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaCanadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensisCanadian GoldenrodSolidago canadensisPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaLucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativaLucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativaYellow IrisIris pseudacorusYellow IrisIris pseudacorusWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaGalingaleCyperus longusGalingaleCyperus longusZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaUpright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonicaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisMarsh WoundwortStachys palustrisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisCommon ToadflaxLinaria vulgarisWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusSessile OakQuercus petraeaSessile OakQuercus petraeaLady's mantleAlchemillaLady's mantleAlchemillaWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseFairy FlaxLinum catharticumFairy FlaxLinum catharticumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumPerforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatumAppleMalus domesticaAppleMalus domesticaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusWillowSalixWillowSalixLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumSlender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesMaidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanesSoapwortSaponaria officinalisSoapwortSaponaria officinalisEvents & activities nearby
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