Turkers Wood - Mixed woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.97901, -1.02110
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
- 🅿️Parking 67m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 67m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £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
Named hiking route nearby: Millennium Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route134 km▾
Named routeLength 134 kmRegional walking route
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Millennium WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
101 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 66Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 66National Cycle Network
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Way of the Roses Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WoRNational Cycle Network
NCN National Route 658Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 658National Cycle Network
Orbital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef OrbitalRound tripLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 66Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
15 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bad Bargain Lanebridleway · 245 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 245 mPath type: service
Bad Bargain Lanebridleway · 36 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 36 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Bad Bargain Lanebridleway · 58 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 58 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Bad Bargain Lanebridleway · 38 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 38 mPath type: service
Bad Bargain Lanebridleway · 119 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 119 mSurface gravelPath type: service
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Wildlife to spot
14,325 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,325 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +28
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · Azure Damselfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Otiorhynchus armadillo · Willow Bean-galler +8
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Vine Weevil
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Springy Turf-moss · White Campion · Alsike Clover · Trifolium incarnatum
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,325 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Peregrine · Hobby · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Blackbird +28
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mole · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +1
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · Azure Damselfly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Otiorhynchus armadillo · Willow Bean-galler +8
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
- Otiorhynchus armadilloOtiorhynchus armadillo
- Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Vine Weevil
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Springy Turf-moss · White Campion · Alsike Clover · Trifolium incarnatum
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- White CampionSilene latifolia
- Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
- Trifolium incarnatumTrifolium incarnatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
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RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
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