Carr Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.89224, -1.53967
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
- 🅿️Harewood House visitor parking 314m away — 12 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
- 🅿️Harewood House visitor parking 314m away — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
East Keskick And Hetchell Wood 6.25 miles 3.5 hoursWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dales Way LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Alwoodley to Leeds City Centre Core Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A-CCLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 668Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 668National Cycle Network
ELOR CycleCycling route▾
Named routeRef ELORLocal cycle route
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route248 m▾
Named routeRef 668Length 248 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route721 m▾
Named routeRef 668Length 721 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
13,368 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,368 records · National Biodiversity NetworkNuthatch · Blue Tit · Treecreeper · Coal Tit · Jackdaw +39
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Pincushion · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Heath Star Moss · Great Hairy Screw-moss +6
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,368 records · National Biodiversity NetworkNuthatch · Blue Tit · Treecreeper · Coal Tit · Jackdaw +39
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
7-spot Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Pincushion · Silky Wall Feather-moss · Heath Star Moss · Great Hairy Screw-moss +6
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common PincushionDicranoweisia cirrata
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum2025
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Great Hairy Screw-mossSyntrichia ruralis
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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