Owlers Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.62539, -1.89728
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
- 🅿️Parking 146m away — 8 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 146m away — 8 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: Pennine Cycleway
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Pennine Way (Crowden to Standedge)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 6Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 5Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
Standedge TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pighill Top Lanepublic footpath · 10 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 10 mSurface grassPath type: service
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route964 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route771 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 771 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route463 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 463 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route43 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 43 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
7,109 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,109 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Cormorant · Carrion Crow +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Giant-rhubarb · Wood Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss +8
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria2024
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,109 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Cormorant · Carrion Crow +36
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Giant-rhubarb · Wood Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss +8
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Giant-rhubarbGunnera tinctoria2024
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2025Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025WoodruffGalium odoratum2025Events & activities nearby
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