Claphams Wood - Broadleaved woodland
24 ha
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🦋Insects🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome24 ha
Getting here
54.54514, -1.13156
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walk GreenWalking route▾
Walk RedWalking route▾
Walk WhiteWalking route▾
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Marton West BeckWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
47 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 168Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 168National Cycle Network
Middlesbrough Cycle CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Guisborough LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef GuisboroughLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Guisborough Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Forest Enterprise Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
Tees Link path through woodland
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Wildlife to spot
5,668 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,668 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Woodpigeon · Starling · Carrion Crow +39
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Bat · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Common Darter · Orange-tip +22
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Giant Hogweed · Bog Asphodel · Goldenrod · Turkey Oak
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,668 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Woodpigeon · Starling · Carrion Crow +39
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Bat · Hedgehog
- BatChiroptera
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Speckled Wood · Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Common Darter · Orange-tip +22
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
🌿Plants4 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Giant Hogweed · Bog Asphodel · Goldenrod · Turkey Oak
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
WallLasiommata megera2023WallLasiommata megera2023GraylingHipparchia semele2024GraylingHipparchia semele2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spinigerGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaRed Mason BeeOsmia bicornisRed Mason BeeOsmia bicornisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralisEmperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Tachina grossaTachina grossa2023Tachina grossaTachina grossa2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023Large WhitePieris brassicae2023