Thorpe Low Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.33468, -1.22347
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
Named hiking route nearby: Cuckoo Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Doorstep WalkWalking route▾
Rowbotham's RoundWalking route▾
Rotherham RingWalking route▾
69 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
Main RouteCycling route218 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 218 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route378 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Bridleway crosses the railway near Thorpe Bridge
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Wildlife to spot
4,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,656 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Swallow · Blackbird +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Portevinia maculata · 7-spot Ladybird · Issus coleoptratus · Oak Bush-cricket · Hairy Shieldbug +2
- Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Spurge-laurel · Toothwort · Black Bryony · Ground-ivy · Ramsons +72
- Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,656 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Swallow · Blackbird +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Natterer's Bat
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Natterer's BatMyotis nattereri
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Portevinia maculata · 7-spot Ladybird · Issus coleoptratus · Oak Bush-cricket · Hairy Shieldbug +2
- Portevinia maculataPortevinia maculata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Issus coleoptratusIssus coleoptratus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Spurge-laurel · Toothwort · Black Bryony · Ground-ivy · Ramsons +72
- Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
- Black BryonyTamus communis
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Hard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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