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Horncastle Wood

4 ha

📷 Christine Johnstone · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

53.64221, -1.39941

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Yellow Iris, Herb-Robert, Salad Burnet +23 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Yellow Iris, Herb-Robert, Salad Burnet +23 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Beech, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Rowan

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cheilosia, Red-legged Shieldbug, Common Red Soldier Beetle +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cheilosia, Red-legged Shieldbug, Common Red Soldier Beetle +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Walton 2Walking route

Named route

Wakefield WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)

Named routeRegional walking route

Royston & Carlton Boundary WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 67Cycling route

Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network

West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route

Wakefield WheelCycling route

Named routeRef WheelLocal cycle route

Wonders of WakefieldCycling route

Named routeRef WoWLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route373 m

Named routeRef 67Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

N/ACycling route970 m

Named routeLength 970 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

7,280 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,280 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Nuthatch · Robin · Mallard · Redwing +38

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,280 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds43 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Nuthatch · Robin · Mallard · Redwing +38

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CootFulica atra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

autumnwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · American Mink · Rabbit · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
American MinkNeovison vison
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Christine Johnstone · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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