Morrell's Wood - Conifer woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
53.03059, -1.42207
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
- 🅿️Parking 189m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 189m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 27 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 11Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 10Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route102 m▾
Named routeLength 102 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route6 m▾
Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 67Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route88 m▾
Named routeLength 88 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
11,073 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,073 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Robin +4
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White +16
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons · Red Campion · Wood Avens · Dog's Mercury
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,073 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds9 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Magpie · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Robin +4
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- BadgerMeles meles2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White +16
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
Himalayan Balsam · Ramsons · Red Campion · Wood Avens · Dog's Mercury
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorCommon BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa florea10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaWallLasiommata megera2024WallLasiommata megera2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024