Moat Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.96406, -1.36192
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
- 🅿️Parking 195m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Parking 195m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: Erewash Circular Walk 18
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km25 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Centenary Way (Derbyshire)Walking route▾
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 6Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Erewash Circular Walk 2Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pavilion Courtpublic footpath · 22 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 22 mPath type: residential
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Derby Orbital Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66Regional cycle route
Bennerley Viaduct ViewpointCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 672Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 672National Cycle Network
Great Northern GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Great Northern GreenwayLocal cycle route
Bennerley ViaductCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
14,756 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Goldfinch +18
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Creeping Thistle · Field Maple · Wild Cherry · Lords-and-Ladies · Hazel +140
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,756 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds23 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Dunnock · Goldfinch +18
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Salamanders, Sirens and Newts
- Salamanders, Sirens and NewtsCaudata
Red-legged Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Creeping Thistle · Field Maple · Wild Cherry · Lords-and-Ladies · Hazel +140
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Wild CherryPrunus avium
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas