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✦ Ancient woodland30 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
52.65317, -1.50057
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Ash +84 more · last seen 2023
Free
Plants — Blackthorn, Hawthorn, Common Nettle +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Gatekeeper +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Assheton Lanepublic footpath · 72 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 72 mPath type: service
Assheton Lanepublic footpath · 107 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 107 mPath type: residential
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route14 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 14 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
10,641 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,641 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Rat · Field Vole
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +4
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
Spangle Waxcap · Blackening Waxcap
- Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,641 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow +45
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Brown Rat · Field Vole
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2024
🐸Amphibians3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Large White · Speckled Wood · Small White · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax +4
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata
Spangle Waxcap · Blackening Waxcap
- Spangle WaxcapHygrocybe insipida
- Blackening WaxcapHygrocybe conica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bedeguar Gall
Bedeguar Gall
Diplolepis rosae
Diplolepis rosae
St Marks FlyBibio marciSt Marks FlyBibio marciPainted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024