Ollerton Pit Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.20394, -0.99397
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 492m 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 492m away — 2 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 km7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
The Robin Hood Way, Clumber ParkWalking route12.8 km▾
Robin Hood Way, Circular Walk. Varied path surfaces and some gentle ascents. Dogs are welcome, on leads in certain areas of the park.
Named routeLength 12.8 kmDuration 04:00Round tripLocal walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route350 m▾
Named routeRef 647Length 350 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.5 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
16,184 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,184 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Box Bug · 22-spot Ladybird · Ledra aurita · Banded Demoiselle · 14-spot Ladybird +1
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Ledra auritaLedra aurita
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Skullcap Dapperling
- Skullcap DapperlingLeucocoprinus brebissonii
Bracken · Canadian Fleabane · Buck's-horn Plantain · Bugle · Water Avens +66
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,184 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Great TitParus major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Box Bug · 22-spot Ladybird · Ledra aurita · Banded Demoiselle · 14-spot Ladybird +1
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Ledra auritaLedra aurita
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Skullcap Dapperling
- Skullcap DapperlingLeucocoprinus brebissonii
Bracken · Canadian Fleabane · Buck's-horn Plantain · Bugle · Water Avens +66
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
- Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas