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Horse Shoe Wood

✦ Ancient woodland295 ha

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome295 ha

Getting here

54.29612, -0.59793

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

10 activities

Forest walks

2 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +56 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Fly Orchid · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Spotted Regal-sawfly, Dark-edged Bee-fly · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route
Named route
Dalby Forest Back RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRegional cycle route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Blue
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Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forestry track junction in Dalby Forest

📷 Phil Catterall · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forestry track junction in Dalby Forest

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Adderstone FieldUrban park3 km→✦Scamridge Dikes: prehistoric linear boundaries and associated featuresHistoric site4.2 km→✦Thompson's Rigg cairnfield, including a platform cairn, round burial cairns, hollow ways, a standing stone, associated round barrows and a ring cairnHistoric site4.3 km→✦Embanked pit alignments, linear earthworks, round barrows and cairns on Ebberston Low MoorHistoric site1 km→✦Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate DikesHistoric site2.4 km→✦Three embanked pit alignments and segments of a linear boundary and a medieval hollow way, 300m west of Givendale Head FarmHistoric site3.3 km→

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Nearby reservoirs

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Wykeham Nursery

Not High (England Use Only)2.7 km→
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Red House Crosscliff

Low2.8 km→

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