Hall Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.46491, -1.51105
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 8Walking route16.9 km▾
Named routeLength 16.9 kmRegional walking route
83 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 627Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 627National Cycle Network
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route762 m▾
Named routeRef 627Length 762 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Footpath from A61 into Low Hall wood.
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Wildlife to spot
42,671 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
42,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Mole · Indet. Deer +3
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Carabus problematicus · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Large Skipper +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
White Saddle · False Deathcap · Yellow Stagshorn · Common Earthball · False Chanterelle +1
- White SaddleHelvella crispa
- False DeathcapAmanita citrina var. citrina
- Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa
- Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Sulphur TuftHypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beech · Bilberry · Cherry Laurel · Common Cow-wheat · Rowan +6
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- RhododendronRhododendron
- Hogweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
42,671 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Stoat · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Mole · Indet. Deer +3
- StoatMustela erminea2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Indet. DeerCervidae
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Carabus problematicus · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Large Skipper +1
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
White Saddle · False Deathcap · Yellow Stagshorn · Common Earthball · False Chanterelle +1
- White SaddleHelvella crispa
- False DeathcapAmanita citrina var. citrina
- Yellow StagshornCalocera viscosa
- Common EarthballScleroderma citrinum
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca
- Sulphur TuftHypholoma fasciculare var. fasciculare
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Beech · Bilberry · Cherry Laurel · Common Cow-wheat · Rowan +6
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
- Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- RhododendronRhododendron
- Hogweed
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025BadgerMeles meles2025BadgerMeles meles2025Heracleum sphondylium
Heracleum sphondylium
HawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaEnchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetianaWoodruffGalium odoratumWoodruffGalium odoratumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum