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Lound Wood

✦ Ancient woodland10 ha

📷 Andrew Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome10 ha

Getting here

53.16465, -0.98816

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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
🌿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

Good to know

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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Brimstone Moth, Large White +401 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Red Admiral, Brimstone Moth, Large White +401 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Swallow, Kestrel +7 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Southwell TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Robin Hood WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 645Cycling route

Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network

Route 645Cycling route

Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network

National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route

The National Byway in Nottinghamshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

National Byway (Southwell Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route114 m

Named routeRef 645Length 114 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route282 m

Named routeRef 645Length 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

8,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants95 species

summer

2025

Rosa canina · Creeping Thistle · Shepherd's-purse · Pedunculate Oak · Cow Parsley +90

Rosa caninaRosa canina
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Wild CherryPrunus avium
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
ElderSambucus nigra
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
HazelCorylus avellana
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
BrambleRubus fruticosus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
AshFraxinus excelsior
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Black BryonyTamus communis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
DandelionTaraxacum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
HollyIlex aquifolium
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Field PansyViola arvensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Fat-henChenopodium album
Hedera helixHedera helix
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Field MapleAcer campestre
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Wild-oatAvena fatua
IvyHedera helix
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
BulrushTypha latifolia
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Common CouchElymus repens
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,845 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants95 species

summer

2025

Rosa canina · Creeping Thistle · Shepherd's-purse · Pedunculate Oak · Cow Parsley +90

Rosa caninaRosa canina
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Great LettuceLactuca virosa
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Wild CherryPrunus avium
DogwoodCornus sanguinea
ElderSambucus nigra
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
HazelCorylus avellana
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Evening PrimroseOenothera
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Red CampionSilene dioica
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
BrambleRubus fruticosus
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
AshFraxinus excelsior
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Black BryonyTamus communis
White Dead-nettleLamium album
DandelionTaraxacum
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
HollyIlex aquifolium
Salix fragilisSalix fragilis
NipplewortLapsana communis
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Field PansyViola arvensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Annual MercuryMercurialis annua
Fat-henChenopodium album
Hedera helixHedera helix
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Field MapleAcer campestre
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Wild-oatAvena fatua
IvyHedera helix
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
BulrushTypha latifolia
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Common CouchElymus repens
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
Bread WheatTriticum aestivum
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Hill · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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