Scar Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.63835, -1.84276
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 on site — 6 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 on site — 6 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 34 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 6Walking route13.7 km▾
Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Holme Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ginnel No 7public footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mSurface unhewn_cobblestoneIncline yesPath type: footway
Kiln Browpublic footpath · 36 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 36 mPath type: living_street
Ramsden Mill Lanepublic footpath · 88 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 88 mPath type: residential
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route964 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Jubilee Lanebyway open to all traffic · 238 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 238 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
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Scar Lane (B6111), Golcar
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Wildlife to spot
4,930 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,930 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Dunnock +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common GullLarus canus
Black Clock · Syrphus · Orange Ladybird · Eriozona syrphoides · Volucella pellucens
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Eriozona syrphoidesEriozona syrphoides
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Japanese Knotweed · Orange Balsam · Common Smoothcap · Glittering Wood-moss · Heath Plait-moss +4
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,930 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Dunnock +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Common GullLarus canus
Black Clock · Syrphus · Orange Ladybird · Eriozona syrphoides · Volucella pellucens
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2024
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Eriozona syrphoidesEriozona syrphoides
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
Japanese Knotweed · Orange Balsam · Common Smoothcap · Glittering Wood-moss · Heath Plait-moss +4
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Dicranum scoparium
Dicranum scoparium
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