Bluebank Wood - Conifer woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🚲Cycling🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.26740, -1.39307
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 67
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Chaffinch TrailWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Lanepublic footpath · 219 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 219 mPath type: service
76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bilby Lanebridleway · 270 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 270 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Bilby Lanebridleway · 219 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 219 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Cow Lanebridleway · 193 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 193 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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Chesterfield Canal, west of Dixon's Lock
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Wildlife to spot
13,096 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,096 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Mallard +30
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Great Willowherb · Elder · Hogweed · Blackthorn · Ribwort Plantain +116
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,096 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · Great Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Mallard +30
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Hawthorn Shieldbug · Green Shieldbug · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Great Willowherb · Elder · Hogweed · Blackthorn · Ribwort Plantain +116
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- ElderSambucus nigra2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas