Rough Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.20198, -1.16996
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
36 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 route993 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 993 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Sookholme Lanebyway open to all traffic · 724 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 724 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Sookholme Lanebyway open to all traffic · 295 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 295 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Hammerwater Bridgebyway open to all traffic · 10 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 10 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Bully Lanebridleway · 304 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 304 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
45,649 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,649 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Goldfinch · Mallard +12
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tall Fescue Planthopper
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
Bluebell · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Wood Anemone · Black Nightshade +122
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,649 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Tufted Duck · Goldfinch · Mallard +12
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
Tall Fescue Planthopper
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
Bluebell · Lesser Celandine · Dog's Mercury · Wood Anemone · Black Nightshade +122
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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