North Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.99658, -1.81854
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Limestone WayWalking route74 km▾
Castleton to Rocester
Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Weaver WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Staffordshire Way (Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase)Walking route76 km▾
Staffordshire Way, part Rushton Spencer - Cannock Chase
Named routeLength 76 kmRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Route 550Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 550National Cycle Network
Churnet Valley CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route13.8 km▾
Named routeRef 550Length 13.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Tissington TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Tissington TrailPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Photos
Limestone Way by Aldercarr Wood
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Wildlife to spot
7,489 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,489 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac · Red Deer · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Field Grasshopper · Sericomyia silentis · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhingia campestris
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Herb-Robert · Sycamore · Lesser Celandine · Red Campion · Field Maple +14
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,489 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +38
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwiftApus apus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac · Red Deer · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Red DeerCervus elaphus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Field Grasshopper · Sericomyia silentis · 7-spot Ladybird · Rhingia campestris
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Herb-Robert · Sycamore · Lesser Celandine · Red Campion · Field Maple +14
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- CleaversGalium aparine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas