Gaunt Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.58029, -1.64354
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Named hiking route nearby: Kirklees Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Penistone Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dearne WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lower Putting Millpublic footpath · 87 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 87 mPath type: service
Stubbin Lanepublic footpath · 120 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 120 mPath type: service
Thorpe Lanepublic footpath · 907 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 907 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 627Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 627Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.2 km▾
Named routeRef 627Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Kirklees Way towards Wakefield Road
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Wildlife to spot
10,693 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,693 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Starling · Carrion Crow +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Vine Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Butterfly-bush · Navelwort · Ramsons +2
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2024
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,693 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Starling · Carrion Crow +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Vine Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Japanese Knotweed · Himalayan Balsam · Butterfly-bush · Navelwort · Ramsons +2
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
- NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2024
- RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
- Field MapleAcer campestre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023White CloverTrifolium repens2023Events & activities nearby
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