Harlestone Forest
✦ Ancient woodland14 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
52.26946, -1.01147
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Pheasant +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Pheasant +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, White Campion, Sainfoin +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +42 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +42 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 536Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 536National Cycle Network
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route161 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 161 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route520 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 520 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route409 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 409 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route544 m▾
Named routeRef 536Length 544 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
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Wildlife to spot
4,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Rook · Blackbird +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Field Grasshopper · Tachina fera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Broad-leaved Dock · Creeping Thistle · Hogweed · Pignut · Cow Parsley +37
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- PignutConopodium majus2024
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Rook · Blackbird +44
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Field Grasshopper · Tachina fera
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Tachina feraTachina fera2023
Broad-leaved Dock · Creeping Thistle · Hogweed · Pignut · Cow Parsley +37
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
- PignutConopodium majus2024
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
- White CampionSilene latifolia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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