Wilderness - Broadleaved woodland
9 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
53.68776, -1.61985
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
- 🅿️Railway Street Car Park 75m away — 20 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
- 🅿️Railway Street Car Park 75m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 69
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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▾
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
59 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 route41 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route408 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 408 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Caulms Wood Roadbridleway · 43 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 43 mPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
8,663 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,663 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- CootFulica atra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Red-legged Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Floating Pennywort · Water Fern · Clustered Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +7
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,663 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Rock Dove +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- CootFulica atra
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Mole
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Common Rose Fusehorn · Red-legged Shieldbug
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Common Rose FusehornArge pagana
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Floating Pennywort · Water Fern · Clustered Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +7
- Floating PennywortHydrocotyle ranunculoides2024
- Water FernAzolla filiculoides2024
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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