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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.43617, -0.34184
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Lindsey TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route356 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 356 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Swallow, Rothwell, Binbrook, Walesby Top loopMountain bike route58 km▾
Named routeLength 58 kmLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Sunlit bridleway through Claxby Platts
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Wildlife to spot
1,594 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,594 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Rook · Lapwing · Great Tit · Blue Tit +27
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great TitParus major2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2016
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- SwiftApus apus2016
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2016
- RobinErithacus rubecula2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2016
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2016
- MagpiePica pica2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2016
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2016
- JackdawColoeus monedula2016
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2016
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2016
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2016
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2016
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2016
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2016
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2016
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · American Mink · Badger · Hedgehog
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Small Tortoiseshell · Comma · Small White · Peacock · Red Admiral +56
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants5 species
winterspring
2019▾
Snowdrop · Small Teasel · Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Lesser Celandine · Holly
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2018
- Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus
- Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium alternifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2018
- HollyIlex aquifolium2016
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,594 records · National Biodiversity NetworkTawny Owl · Rook · Lapwing · Great Tit · Blue Tit +27
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great TitParus major2019
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2017
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2016
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Barn OwlTyto alba2019
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2018
- SwiftApus apus2016
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2016
- RobinErithacus rubecula2016
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2016
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2016
- MagpiePica pica2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2016
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2016
- JackdawColoeus monedula2016
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2016
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2016
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2016
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2016
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2016
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2016
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2016
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2016
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2016
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2016
Brown Long-eared Bat · Mole · American Mink · Badger · Hedgehog
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
- American MinkNeovison vison2022
- BadgerMeles meles2022
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Small Tortoiseshell · Comma · Small White · Peacock · Red Admiral +56
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
- CommaPolygonia c-album
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
🌿Plants5 species
winterspring
2019▾
Snowdrop · Small Teasel · Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Lesser Celandine · Holly
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2018
- Small TeaselDipsacus pilosus
- Alternate-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium alternifolium
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2018
- HollyIlex aquifolium2016
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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