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Lea Wood

✦ Ancient woodland54 ha

📷 Malcolm Neal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome54 ha

Getting here

53.09796, -1.52387

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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
🅿️High Peak Junction 20m away — 18 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️High Peak Junction 20m away — 18 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking· Paid

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Herb-Robert, Red Campion, Ramsons +34 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Glow-worm, Red-legged Shieldbug, Common Green Grasshopper +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Ramsons, Bramble, Blackthorn +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

11 signed routes nearby · 83 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Limestone WayWalking route74 km

Castleton to Rocester

Named routeLength 74 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

High Peak TrailWalking route27 km

Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route

Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km

Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route

Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Blundestone Lanepublic footpath · 240 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 240 mPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network

White Peak LoopCycling route

Named routeRef 680National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route852 m

Named routeRef 680Length 852 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route97 m

Named routeRef 54Length 97 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route2.6 km

Named routeRef 54Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route2.5 km

Named routeRef 54Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

High Peak TrailMountain bike route27 km

Named routeRef High Peak TrailLength 27 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km

Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network

🐴

Horse riding

14 public paths nearby

Public paths

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

Wildlife to spot

24,508 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,508 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Robin · Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard · Blue Tit +45

RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Pine Marten · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel

Pine MartenMartes martes
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Thricops diaphanus

Thricops diaphanusThricops diaphanus

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2026

Ramsons · Lesser Celandine · Butterbur · Wych Elm

RamsonsAllium ursinum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,508 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

winter

2026

Robin · Wren · Long-tailed Tit · Mallard · Blue Tit +45

RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MagpiePica pica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
CootFulica atra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Pine Marten · Wood Mouse · Roe Deer · Field Vole · Grey Squirrel

Pine MartenMartes martes
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects1 species

autumn

2025

Thricops diaphanus

Thricops diaphanusThricops diaphanus

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2026

Ramsons · Lesser Celandine · Butterbur · Wych Elm

RamsonsAllium ursinum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
ButterburPetasites hybridus
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malcolm Neal · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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