Cold Royd Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.64861, -1.73346
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
56 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine Trail (Penistone - Kirkburton)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stead Lanebridleway · 195 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 195 mPath type: bridleway
Balk Lanebridleway · 159 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 159 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
17,573 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,573 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren +37
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · Cherry Aphid +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Japanese Knotweed · Hogweed · Sun Spurge · Springy Turf-moss · Common Ragwort +4
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,573 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren +37
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coloeus monedula spermologusColoeus monedula spermologus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2022
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species · Red Fox · Roe Deer
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird · Cherry Aphid +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Japanese Knotweed · Hogweed · Sun Spurge · Springy Turf-moss · Common Ragwort +4
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus2024
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
- Norway MapleAcer platanoides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruberDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) ruber2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2022Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2022Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2022Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria20222024
2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024WoodruffGalium odoratum2023WoodruffGalium odoratum2023GrassPoaceae2022GrassPoaceae2022Events & activities nearby
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