Quarry Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.10337, -0.74356
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 93Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Nottinghamshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route915 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 915 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route431 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 431 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route256 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 256 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Danethorpe Lanebridleway · 847 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 847 mPath type: unclassified
Photos
Winter quarters for sheep at Danethorpe Hill Farm
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Wildlife to spot
5,006 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,006 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rock Dove · Rook · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie +44
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Common Stork's-bill · White Campion · Ribwort Plantain · Common Ragwort · Common Nettle +32
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,006 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Rock Dove · Rook · Robin · Woodpigeon · Magpie +44
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Oak Bush-cricket
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2024
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Common Stork's-bill · White Campion · Ribwort Plantain · Common Ragwort · Common Nettle +32
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas