Hepworth Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.66462, -1.69196
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 419m away — 4 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 419m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Hey Green Circular TrailWalking route▾
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 699Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 699National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route983 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 983 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route241 m▾
Named routeRef 699Length 241 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
12,792 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,792 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Herring Gull · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Caspian Gull +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
🌿Plants15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Floating Pennywort · Wood Avens · Japanese Knotweed · Common Feather-moss · Perennial Cornflower +10
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
- White Clover
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,792 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Herring Gull · Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Caspian Gull +42
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
Bat
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
🌿Plants15 species
springsummer
2025▾
Floating Pennywort · Wood Avens · Japanese Knotweed · Common Feather-moss · Perennial Cornflower +10
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana
- White Clover
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trifolium repens
Trifolium repens
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensGreen AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirensCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024BrambleRubus fruticosus2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024IvyHedera helix2024IvyHedera helix2024