Lyeland Wood
✦ Ancient woodland38 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome38 ha
Getting here
51.06190, -1.09668
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- £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 — Tawny Owl, Blue Tit, Wren +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Blue Tit, Wren +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell · last seen 2017
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +40 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Small White, Meadow Brown +40 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wayfarers WalkWalking route▾
Walbury Hill, Berkshire to Emsworth, Hampshire
Named routeRegional walking route
Itchen WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
St Swithun's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ox Drove WayWalking route▾
St James' WayWalking route110 km▾
Named routeRef SJWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23National Cycle Network
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Winchester loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 224Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 224National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route8.1 km▾
Named routeRef 23Length 8.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route466 m▾
Named routeRef 23Length 466 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Ox Drove mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Clinkley Roadbyway open to all traffic · 987 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 987 mPath type: track
Green Lanebridleway · 2.2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.2 kmPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
5,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
5,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Swallow · Swift · House Martin · Canada Goose
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Large White · Meadow Brown · Common Darter +32
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,243 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds5 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Swallow · Swift · House Martin · Canada Goose
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2018
Badger
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Southern Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Large White · Meadow Brown · Common Darter +32
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2020
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
- Small WhitePieris rapae
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2020GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2020Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2019Strawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesStrawberry Seed BeetleHarpalus rufipesSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoriaSphaerophoria7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisHornetVespa crabro2023HornetVespa crabro2023Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2022Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020Ivy BeeColletes hederae2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019White AdmiralLimenitis camilla2019Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2019Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2019