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Coldwell Wood

✦ Ancient woodland35 ha

📷 David Liddle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome35 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
🌿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

🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Great Tit
🌿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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit +59 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Great Tit, Blue Tit +59 more · last seen 2024

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Blunt Feather-moss, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss, Even Scalewort +114 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Eristalis pertinax · last seen 2023

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Wood-rust, Two-horned Pincerwort +2 more foraging species

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Birch Mazegill, Armillaria · last seen 2020; Fungi — Birch Mazegill, Armillaria · last seen 2020

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route14.4 km

Named routeRef 10Length 14.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route9 m

Named routeRef 10Length 9 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.8 km

Named routeRef 10Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

1,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants141 species

summer

2025

Bramble · Marsh-bedstraw · Bracken · Cleavers · Hawthorn +136

BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2024
BurdockArctium2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Bearded CouchElymus caninus2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Rosa mollisRosa mollis2024
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2024
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Norway SprucePicea abies2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants141 species

summer

2025

Bramble · Marsh-bedstraw · Bracken · Cleavers · Hawthorn +136

BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
HawkweedHieracium2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
MontbretiaCrocosmia aurea x pottsii = C. x crocosmiiflora2024
Water-pepperPersicaria hydropiper2024
BurdockArctium2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Bearded CouchElymus caninus2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
GoldenrodSolidago virgaurea2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Sessile OakQuercus petraea2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Marsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosum2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
RhododendronRhododendron ponticum2024
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
Meadow FescueSchedonorus pratensis2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Tufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxa2024
Rosa mollisRosa mollis2024
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2024
Wild CherryPrunus avium2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
GooseberryRibes uva-crispa2024
Oval SedgeCarex leporina2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
RaspberryRubus idaeus2024
Norway SprucePicea abies2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Small Sweet-grassGlyceria declinata2024
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum2024
TimothyPhleum pratense2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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Photos

📷 David Liddle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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