Grave Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland45 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome45 ha
Getting here
53.22907, -1.22738
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 117m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 117m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Archaeological Waypublic footpath · 15 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mPath type: track
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Main RouteCycling route271 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 271 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
14 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
16,276 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,276 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +20
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Sweet Chestnut · Pale Persicaria · Red Dead-nettle · Tor-grass · Elm +136
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre
- ElmUlmus
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,276 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +20
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Sweet Chestnut · Pale Persicaria · Red Dead-nettle · Tor-grass · Elm +136
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre
- ElmUlmus
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas