Highgate Wood - Conifer woodland
8 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.98969, -0.48588
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Yorkshire Wolds Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripNational Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 164Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 164National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route115 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Woodland north of the A614
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Wildlife to spot
3,028 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,028 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler · Pintail · Mediterranean Gull +7
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PintailAnas acuta
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Xylota sylvarum
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
Creeping Buttercup · Wild Carrot · Water Figwort · Ribwort Plantain · White Clover +132
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,028 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Shoveler · Pintail · Mediterranean Gull +7
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PintailAnas acuta
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Xylota sylvarum
- Xylota sylvarumXylota sylvarum
Creeping Buttercup · Wild Carrot · Water Figwort · Ribwort Plantain · White Clover +132
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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