Minster Wood - Conifer woodland
13 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
53.21462, -1.18498
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km5 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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 route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 648Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
William Wood Lanebridleway · 85 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 85 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
William Wood Lanebridleway · 469 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 469 mSurface concretePath type: track
Photos
William Wood Lane towards Warsop Vale
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Wildlife to spot
15,653 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,653 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Coot · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PochardAythya ferina
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Nephrotoma appendiculata · Cantharis pallida · Garden Chafer · Tall Fescue Planthopper · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata
- Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Holly · Greater Stitchwort · Sycamore · Blackthorn · Hogweed +52
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,653 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Coot · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- PochardAythya ferina
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Nephrotoma appendiculata · Cantharis pallida · Garden Chafer · Tall Fescue Planthopper · Dark-edged Bee-fly
- Nephrotoma appendiculataNephrotoma appendiculata
- Cantharis pallidaCantharis pallida
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
- Tall Fescue PlanthopperRibautodelphax imitans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Holly · Greater Stitchwort · Sycamore · Blackthorn · Hogweed +52
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Wood MelickMelica uniflora
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas