Hathershelf Scout Wood - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
🌿Foraging🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.72803, -1.97272
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
- 🌿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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 66
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mary Towneley LoopWalking route▾
Forms part of Pennine Bridleway National Trail
Named routeRegional walking route
Todmorden Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Warland Reservoir to Calder Valley)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Crags Walk, Hardcastle CragsWalking route1.3 km▾
Named routeLength 1.3 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Calder Valley to Ickornshaw)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Royal Foldpublic footpath · 32 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 32 mPath type: service
Scout Bottom Lanepublic footpath · 338 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 338 mPath type: unclassified
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Route 68Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Yorkshire Dales)Mountain bike route172.2 km▾
Named routeLength 172.2 km
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Mallard · Carrion Crow +42
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Aphrophora alni · Willow Bean-galler · Cabbage Bug · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Trioza centranthi +9
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade Hoverfly
🌿Plants27 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Waved Silk-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Marsh Woundwort · Sowbread · Heath Bedstraw +22
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Mallard · Carrion Crow +42
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Aphrophora alni · Willow Bean-galler · Cabbage Bug · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Trioza centranthi +9
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Marmalade Hoverfly
🌿Plants27 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Waved Silk-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Marsh Woundwort · Sowbread · Heath Bedstraw +22
- Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2025
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2025
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiElm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmiPsyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxiniRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesBeech Leaf MinerOrchestes fagiBeech Leaf MinerOrchestes fagiCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerataCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCtenicera cupreaCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumCommon Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinumGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataGrey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinataCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensGlittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendensSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusHarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025HarebellCampanula rotundifolia2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2025Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025Bell HeatherErica cinerea2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025TormentilPotentilla erecta2025Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris2025Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Pink PurslaneClaytonia sibirica2025Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2025Fountain Apple-mossPhilonotis fontana2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2025Events & activities nearby
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