Gorsethorpe Meadow - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.18019, -1.10954
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Major Oak TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Giants TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route376 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 376 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green Route
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
Bike Park & Downhill RouteMountain bike route▾
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Squires Lanebridleway · 394 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 394 mPath type: service
Squires Lanebridleway · 263 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 263 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
10,350 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,350 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +16
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Bracken · Holly · Giant Fescue · Sweet Chestnut · Wood-sorrel +95
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,350 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +16
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Bracken · Holly · Giant Fescue · Sweet Chestnut · Wood-sorrel +95
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Slender RushJuncus tenuis
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
