Hartshead Hall Wood - Mixed woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.69351, -1.72551
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
- 🐕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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Kirklees WayWalking route116 km▾
Named routeLength 116 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Calderdale WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brighouse Boundary WalkWalking route29 km▾
Named routeLength 29 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Riverside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bronte WayWalking route71 km▾
Named routeLength 71 kmRegional walking route
SPE/158/20public footpath · 365 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 365 mPath type: footway
MIR/26/10public footpath · 266 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 266 mPath type: footway
SPE/159/20public footpath · 435 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 435 mPath type: footway
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Birkby Bradley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route299 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 299 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route594 m▾
Named routeRef 69Length 594 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,794 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,794 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Wren · Carrion Crow · Grey Wagtail +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Migrant Hawker
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
🌿Plants15 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Smoothcap · Big Shaggy-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss +10
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Pointed Spear-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,794 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Wren · Carrion Crow · Grey Wagtail +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Migrant Hawker
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
🌿Plants15 species
springautumn
2026▾
Common Smoothcap · Big Shaggy-moss · Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss · Fox-tail Feather-moss · Common Striated Feather-moss +10
- Common SmoothcapAtrichum undulatum2025
- Big Shaggy-mossHylocomiadelphus triquetrus
- Hart's-tongue Thyme-mossPlagiomnium undulatum
- Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
- Common Striated Feather-mossEurhynchium striatum
- Pointed Spear-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calliergonella cuspidata
Calliergonella cuspidata
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumStinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Stinking IrisIris foetidissima2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Field MapleAcer campestre2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025