Walton Holt Gorse - Conifer woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐴Horses🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.48590, -1.08801
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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20 signed routes nearby
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Route 50Cycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
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Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route367 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 367 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,943 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Long-tailed Tit · Greylag Goose · Fieldfare · Great Spotted Woodpecker +29
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
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springsummerautumn
2025▾
Box Sucker · Baccha elongata · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Speckled Bush-cricket
- Box SuckerPsylla buxi
- Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2024
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Groundsel · Great Mullein · Elder · Cow Parsley · Lesser Burdock +79
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,943 records · National Biodiversity NetworkStarling · Long-tailed Tit · Greylag Goose · Fieldfare · Great Spotted Woodpecker +29
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Red Fox
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Box Sucker · Baccha elongata · Graphopsocus cruciatus · Speckled Bush-cricket
- Box SuckerPsylla buxi
- Baccha elongataBaccha elongata2024
- Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023
Groundsel · Great Mullein · Elder · Cow Parsley · Lesser Burdock +79
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Lesser BurdockArctium minus
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- HazelCorylus avellana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas