Sir John's Wood - Conifer woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.57335, -1.14615
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blaby Village Heritage TrailWalking route▾
60 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Leicester 'Route 3'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route57 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 57 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route30 m▾
Named routeLength 30 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route81 m▾
Named routeLength 81 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Photos
Blaby Mill stables and horse livery yard
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Wildlife to spot
23,038 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,038 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +40
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Golden Dot · Apion frumentarium · Shining Alder Leaf-miner · Poplar Leaf-miner +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
- Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025
- Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,038 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Robin +40
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Bat · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BatChiroptera2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Golden Dot · Apion frumentarium · Shining Alder Leaf-miner · Poplar Leaf-miner +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Golden DotStigmella aurella
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium2025
- Shining Alder Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter klemannella2025
- Poplar Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter comparella
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025