Knavesmire Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
53.92204, -1.08481
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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
122 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 665Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 665National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Solar System RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
35,083 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Otter · Mole · Roe Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +1
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Springy Turf-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort +4
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,083 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Otter · Mole · Roe Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Trioza centranthi · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket +1
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Springy Turf-moss · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Common Feather-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia · Crescent-cup Liverwort +4
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025
- Wood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Hornet
Hornet
Vespa crabro2025
Vespa crabro2025
Water Screw-moss
Water Screw-moss
Syntrichia latifolia
Syntrichia latifolia
Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum2025Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum2025