Cavendish Wood - Conifer woodland
15 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
53.17644, -1.12127
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £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 km7 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greenwood TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Major Oak TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Giants TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route376 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 376 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green Route
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
Bike Park & Downhill RouteMountain bike route▾
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Squires Lanebridleway · 394 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 394 mPath type: service
Chestnut Screedbridleway · 412 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 412 mPath type: bridleway
Squires Lanebridleway · 263 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 263 mPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
9,353 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,353 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
Large Red Damselfly
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Bracken · Broom · Common Sallow · Male-fern · Pedunculate Oak +122
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,353 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterspring
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- FrogRana
Large Red Damselfly
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Bracken · Broom · Common Sallow · Male-fern · Pedunculate Oak +122
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- BroomCytisus scoparius
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
