Bradley Gate Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
🦉Wildlife🎠Play🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.67526, -1.76853
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
- 🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 140m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 3 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▾
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
63 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
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route594 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route76 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Woodside Lanebridleway · 210 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 210 mPath type: residential
Shepherds Thorn Lanebridleway · 390 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 390 mSurface compactedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
38,376 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
38,376 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Starling · Blue Tit · House Sparrow +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Heath Star Moss · Neat Feather-moss · Redshank +4
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
38,376 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Starling · Blue Tit · House Sparrow +12
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Heath Plait-moss · Bristly Haircap · Heath Star Moss · Neat Feather-moss · Redshank +4
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
- Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- RedshankCeratodon purpureus
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Common Feather-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Kindbergia praelonga
Kindbergia praelonga
Whitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansWhitish Feather-mossBrachythecium albicansHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisEvents & activities nearby
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