Lighthouse Fields - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.55698, -1.11497
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Cleveland StreetWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Walk GreenWalking route▾
Walk RedWalking route▾
Walk WhiteWalking route▾
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Marske to MarskeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MarskeLocal cycle route
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
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▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Southern Hawker · Carabus nemoralis +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2024▾
Bog Asphodel · Goldenrod · Greater Stitchwort · Wood-sorrel · Turkey Oak +1
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,656 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Wren · Chaffinch · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon +36
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Broad-bodied Chaser · Southern Hawker · Carabus nemoralis +10
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
🌿Plants6 species
springsummer
2024▾
Bog Asphodel · Goldenrod · Greater Stitchwort · Wood-sorrel · Turkey Oak +1
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Turkey OakQuercus cerris2023
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2023Tachina grossaTachina grossa2023Tachina grossaTachina grossa2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2023Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2023Common HawkerAeshna juncea2022Common HawkerAeshna juncea2022