Cowley Wood
✦ Ancient woodland29 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
53.19492, -1.46912
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Raven
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 157m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Little Ringed Plover and Raven
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 157m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Raven, Peregrine +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Little Ringed Plover, Raven, Peregrine +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Crab Apple, Lesser Trefoil, Bilberry +4 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Crab Apple, Bilberry, Amphibious Bistort
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 35 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
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
North Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route352 m▾
Named routeLength 352 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route136 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 136 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Footpath below Sleigh Wood
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Wildlife to spot
26,143 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,143 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull · Woodlark
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Norway Spruce · Ash · Fig-leaved Goosefoot · Cow Parsley · Gorse +114
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,143 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull · Woodlark
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Norway Spruce · Ash · Fig-leaved Goosefoot · Cow Parsley · Gorse +114
- Norway SprucePicea abies
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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