Riddings Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.06826, -1.34080
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 227m away — 4 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 227m away — 4 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Another 6 of the best Circular WalkWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Broxtowe Country TrailWalking route▾
Amber Valley Routeways 13Walking route▾
Pinxton Canal Pathpublic footpath · 338 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 338 mPath type: footway
Pinxton Canal Pathpublic footpath · 7 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 7 mPath type: footway
Pinxton Canal Pathpublic footpath · 1.6 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.6 kmPath type: footway
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Broxtowe Country TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Blackwell TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Former station yard at Pye Bridge
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Wildlife to spot
21,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,185 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Moorhen · Great Crested Grebe · Coot · Great Tit +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis tenax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Shining Crane's-bill · Groundsel · Hedge Woundwort · Silver Birch · Goat Willow +107
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,185 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Moorhen · Great Crested Grebe · Coot · Great Tit +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Eristalis tenax
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Shining Crane's-bill · Groundsel · Hedge Woundwort · Silver Birch · Goat Willow +107
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas