Hawksworth Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.83160, -1.61275
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
- 🅿️Parking 59m 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
- 🅿️Parking 59m 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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Calverley Millenium WayWalking route▾
Boundary walk around Calverley
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Airedale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Dales Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
82 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Garforth to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef G-CCLocal cycle route
Middleton to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef M-CCLocal cycle route
Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route
West Park to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef W-CCLocal cycle route
Cycle Superhighway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef CS1Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
32,737 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,737 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Wren +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Varied Carpet Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +9
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,737 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin · Wren +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- American MinkNeovison vison
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Varied Carpet Beetle · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +9
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Early Bumblebee
Early Bumblebee
Bombus pratorum
Bombus pratorum
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon WaspVespula vulgarisCommon WaspVespula vulgaris7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Ribautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrima2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Epistrophe grossulariaeEpistrophe grossulariae2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025EupeodesEupeodes2025EupeodesEupeodes2025Events & activities nearby
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