Gledholt Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.64354, -1.79388
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
- 🅿️Springwood Car Park 111m away — 20 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
- 🅿️Springwood Car Park 111m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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 km8 signed routes nearby · 37 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking 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
Millgatepublic footpath · 99 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 99 mPath type: service
Springwood Bridgepublic footpath · 41 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 41 mPath type: footway
Springwood Footpathpublic footpath · 278 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 278 mPath type: footway
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National 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
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Wildlife to spot
12,285 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Moorhen · Robin +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange Balsam · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Flowering-rush · Branched Bur-reed · Traveller's-joy +13
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,285 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Moorhen · Robin +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwiftApus apus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- RavenCorvus corax
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Badger · Red Fox · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange Balsam · Broad-leaved Pondweed · Flowering-rush · Branched Bur-reed · Traveller's-joy +13
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Broad-leaved PondweedPotamogeton natans
- Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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