Hermitage Wood - Mixed woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.66843, -1.11281
Open directionsv
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
- 🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km177 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Leicester 'Route 2'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
West End WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef West End WayLocal cycle route
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Inner RingwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Inner RingwayLocal cycle route
Leicester 'Route 4'Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
81,006 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
81,006 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Little Egret +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · Twin-spotted Quaker · Small Quaker +23
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Chewing Gum Lichen · Physcia caesia · Physcia tenella
- Chewing Gum LichenProtoparmeliopsis muralis
- Physcia caesiaPhyscia caesia
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Butterbur · Hazel · Mistletoe
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,006 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Little Egret +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Quaker · Hebrew Character · Clouded Drab · Twin-spotted Quaker · Small Quaker +23
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothica
- Clouded DrabOrthosia incerta
- Twin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa munda
- Small QuakerOrthosia cruda
- Brindled BeautyLycia hirtaria
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Chewing Gum Lichen · Physcia caesia · Physcia tenella
- Chewing Gum LichenProtoparmeliopsis muralis
- Physcia caesiaPhyscia caesia
- Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
🌿Plants4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Caucasian Wingnut · Butterbur · Hazel · Mistletoe
- Caucasian WingnutPterocarya fraxinifolia
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas