Village Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.57087, -1.01758
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cleveland StreetWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Marske to MarskeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MarskeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 168Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 168National Cycle Network
Saltburn LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef SaltburnLocal cycle route
Guisborough LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef GuisboroughLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Skelton BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Guisborough Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
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Wildlife to spot
28,911 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
28,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Robin +45
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Meliscaeva auricollis +12
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,911 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Goldcrest · Robin +45
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
Eristalis tenax · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus ribesii · Meliscaeva auricollis +12
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
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