Broadleaved woodland near Healey
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.66890, -1.59920
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dewsbury and District Ramblers Centenary WalkWalking route▾
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
53 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
Wakefield WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,348 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,348 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Goldfinch +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🌿Plants28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bramble · Sycamore · Ivy · Hawthorn · Common Nettle +23
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- IvyHedera helix
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- WhitebeamSorbus
- Ash
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,348 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Goldfinch +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🌿Plants28 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Bramble · Sycamore · Ivy · Hawthorn · Common Nettle +23
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- IvyHedera helix
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- WhitebeamSorbus
- Ash
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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