Quarry Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.29437, -1.17112
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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Rowbotham's RoundWalking route▾
Rotherham RingWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 674Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 674National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ratcliffe Lanebridleway · 261 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 261 mSurface gravelPath type: track
Featherbed Lanebridleway · 237 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 237 mSurface compactedPath type: service
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
11,941 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Robin +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Four-spotted Chaser
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Hedge Woundwort · Cow Parsley · Annual Meadow-grass · Hairy Sedge · Common Sorrel +17
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Greenfinch · Dunnock · Blue Tit · Robin +36
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Four-spotted Chaser
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Hedge Woundwort · Cow Parsley · Annual Meadow-grass · Hairy Sedge · Common Sorrel +17
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- Hairy SedgeCarex hirta
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas