Ridlocks Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.15159, -1.32921
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 476m away — 2 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 476m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km12 signed routes nearby · 28 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
The Welly Walk, HardwickWalking route4 km▾
Wellies not essential!
Named routeLength 4 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Skegby TrailWalking route▾
The Oak Walk, HardwickWalking route5.6 km▾
Dogs on leads in the park.
Named routeLength 5.6 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackwell TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route72 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 72 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Saw Pit Lanebridleway · 692 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 692 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Saw Pit Lanebridleway · 136 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 136 mSurface concretePath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
9,604 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Chaffinch +43
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Shrew
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Marsh Thistle · Lesser Stitchwort · Red Fescue · Black Bryony · Soft-brome +67
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
- Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,604 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Woodpigeon · Pheasant · Chaffinch +43
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Shrew
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Blue Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
Marsh Thistle · Lesser Stitchwort · Red Fescue · Black Bryony · Soft-brome +67
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus
- Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
- Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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