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Low Wood - Broadleaved woodland

23 ha

📷 Mike Kirby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome23 ha

Getting here

53.68845, -1.46265

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walton 2Walking route
Named route
Wakefield WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
🚴

Cycling

69 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
Route 69Cycling route
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Castleford GreenwayCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Wakefield WheelCycling route
Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route
Wonders of WakefieldCycling route
Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route
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Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths
Green Lanebridleway · 931 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 931 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

North lake, Southern Washlands (1)

📷 Mike Kirby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

North lake, Southern Washlands (1)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Pugneys Country ParkUrban park4.4 km→🌱Haw Hill ParkUrban park3.7 km→🌱Wrenthorpe Park & Alverthorpe MeadowsUrban park3.9 km→🌱The GreenUrban park2.3 km→🌱The Hepworth Wakefield GardenUrban park2.3 km→🌱West Parade Burial GroundUrban park2.4 km→

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