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Scar Wood - Broadleaved woodland

2 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

53.62551, -1.85476

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Cafe Bling — 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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Cafe Bling — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParkingPlayground

Best for

8 activities

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 25 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Kirklees WayWalking route116 km

Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 6Walking route13.7 km

Named routeLength 13.7 kmRegional walking route

Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 5Walking route17 km

Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route

Riverside WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Standedge TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Lees Mill Lanepublic footpath · 123 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 123 mSurface pavedIncline upPath type: residential

Flat House Lanepublic footpath · 195 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 195 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

Flat House Lanepublic footpath · 69 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 69 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

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Cycling

49 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Route 69Cycling route

Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network

Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route299 m

Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route964 m

Named routeRef 68Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

46,286 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

46,286 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds90 species

autumn

2025

Lesser Black-backed Gull · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Cormorant · Herring Gull +85

Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common GullLarus canus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BuzzardButeo buteo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
DunnockPrunella modularis
DipperCinclus cinclus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GadwallMareca strepera
Stock DoveColumba oenas
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SiskinSpinus spinus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RedshankTringa totanus
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RavenCorvus corax
NuthatchSitta europaea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunlinCalidris alpina
SnipeGallinago gallinago
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
GreenshankTringa nebularia

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Plants1 species

spring

2026

Common Smoothcap

Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

46,286 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds90 species

autumn

2025

Lesser Black-backed Gull · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Cormorant · Herring Gull +85

Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Herring GullLarus argentatus
TealAnas crecca
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Common GullLarus canus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
House SparrowPasser domesticus
BuzzardButeo buteo
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
MagpiePica pica
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
DunnockPrunella modularis
DipperCinclus cinclus
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GadwallMareca strepera
Stock DoveColumba oenas
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Barn OwlTyto alba
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SiskinSpinus spinus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
GreenfinchChloris chloris
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
RedshankTringa totanus
CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
RavenCorvus corax
NuthatchSitta europaea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunlinCalidris alpina
SnipeGallinago gallinago
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
CurlewNumenius arquata
GreenshankTringa nebularia

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Plants1 species

spring

2026

Common Smoothcap

Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Dave Bevis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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