Fusden Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.72631, -1.70581
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 166m 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 166m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 38 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
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Nookpublic footpath · 54 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 54 mPath type: residential
Cleckheaton Viaductpublic footpath · 118 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 118 mPath type: footway
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeLength 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 66Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
View from the viaduct, Spen Valley Bottoms, Cleckheaton
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Wildlife to spot
12,872 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,872 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Hairy Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
🌿Plants15 species
springwinter
2026▾
Pointed Spear-moss · Common Smoothcap · Bifid Crestwort · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +10
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,872 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Mallard · Magpie · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus
- CootFulica atra
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Hairy Shieldbug · Helophilus pendulus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
🌿Plants15 species
springwinter
2026▾
Pointed Spear-moss · Common Smoothcap · Bifid Crestwort · Neat Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss +10
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Glittering Wood-mossHylocomium splendens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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