Scar Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.64664, -1.83668
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km11 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking 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
54 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
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Longwood Edge Roadbyway open to all traffic · 362 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 362 mPath type: unclassified
Ballroyd Lanebyway open to all traffic · 205 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 205 mPath type: track
Longwood Edge Roadbyway open to all traffic · 79 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 79 mPath type: unclassified
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Wildlife to spot
6,296 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,296 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Japanese Knotweed · Orange Balsam · Common Smoothcap · Blackthorn · Wall-rue +10
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,296 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Scathophaga stercoraria
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Japanese Knotweed · Orange Balsam · Common Smoothcap · Blackthorn · Wall-rue +10
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis2024
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024ElderSambucus nigra2024ElderSambucus nigra2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024Events & activities nearby
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