Hartly Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland19 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦋Insects🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
53.79422, -1.31415
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
Lowther LoopWalking route▾
Leeds Country WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fly LineWalking route▾
Battlefield TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
27 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
NCN National Route 697Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine Trails - The Lines Way linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67-697Local cycle route
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route74 m▾
Named routeLength 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Small fallen tree across a Hartly Wood path
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Wildlife to spot
4,378 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,378 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds10 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Raven · Starling +5
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Badger
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Hornet · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Long-winged Cone-head +4
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- HornetVespa crabro
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Autumn Lady's-tresses · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss · Raspberry · Common Feather-moss
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,378 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds10 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Raven · Starling +5
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RavenCorvus corax
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
🦌Mammals3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Mole · Rabbit · Badger
- MoleTalpa europaea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Hornet · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Long-winged Cone-head +4
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- HornetVespa crabro
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2024
- Swollen-thighed Beetle
Autumn Lady's-tresses · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Springy Turf-moss · Raspberry · Common Feather-moss
- Autumn Lady's-tressesSpiranthes spiralis2023
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- RaspberryRubus idaeus
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oedemera nobilis2024
Oedemera nobilis2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2023Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2023Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni2023Events & activities nearby
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