Felicity's Wood - Conifer woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.73888, -1.25548
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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National Forest WayWalking route▾
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Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
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44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 3Cycling route▾
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The secluded valley of Wood Brook, Charnwood
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34,414 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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- Great TitParus major2025
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- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
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- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
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- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
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- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
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Wildlife to spot
34,414 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wren · Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +30
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Grey Squirrel · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Nut Bud Moth · Peacock · Spring Usher · Taxomyia taxi · Harlequin Ladybird +6
- Nut Bud MothEpinotia tenerana
- PeacockAglais io
- Spring UsherAgriopis leucophaearia
- Taxomyia taxiTaxomyia taxi
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Large Birch DotEctoedemia occultella2025
- Winter Moth
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winterautumn
2026▾
Porcelain Fungus · Blushing Bracket · Jelly Ear · Purple Jellydisc · Coral Spot +29
- Porcelain FungusMucidula mucida2025
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides
- Coral SpotNectria cinnabarina
- Lecanora polytropaLecanora polytropa
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- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Cypress-leaved Plait-mossHypnum cupressiforme
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Yew
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