New Wood - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.52645, -0.51378
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
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Bridleway through New Wood, south-east of Shire Hill Lodge
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Wildlife to spot
6,343 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,343 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Goldcrest · Redwing · Goldfinch · Skylark +24
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
🌿Plants113 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Broad-leaved Dock · Elder · Fat-hen · Spear Thistle · Blackthorn +108
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Hawthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,343 records · National Biodiversity NetworkDunnock · Goldcrest · Redwing · Goldfinch · Skylark +24
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
🌿Plants113 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Broad-leaved Dock · Elder · Fat-hen · Spear Thistle · Blackthorn +108
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Fat-henChenopodium album
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Hawthorn
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna
CleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseFig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifoliumFig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifoliumCommon BentAgrostis capillarisCommon BentAgrostis capillarisWall BarleyHordeum murinumWall BarleyHordeum murinumHemlockConium maculatumHemlockConium maculatumCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaCornus sanguinea subsp. sanguineaScented MayweedMatricaria chamomillaScented MayweedMatricaria chamomillaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaField MapleAcer campestreField MapleAcer campestreCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisGarden RadishRaphanus sativusGarden RadishRaphanus sativusYarrowAchillea millefoliumYarrowAchillea millefoliumGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataRibwort PlantainPlantago lanceolataCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansCreeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptansAshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusBroad BeanVicia fabaBroad BeanVicia fabaTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusTall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusBlack BryonyTamus communisBlack BryonyTamus communisCommon OracheAtriplex patulaCommon OracheAtriplex patulaFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejosHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaRosa caninaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusPerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraBittersweetSolanum dulcamaraGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaGreater BurdockArctium lappaGreater BurdockArctium lappaSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataSpear-leaved OracheAtriplex prostrataField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCrested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatusCommon SallowSalix cinereaCommon SallowSalix cinereaFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumFalse-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticumWild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carotaWild CarrotDaucus carota subsp. carotaFlaxLinum usitatissimumFlaxLinum usitatissimumDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumCharlockSinapis arvensisCharlockSinapis arvensisCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusBlack-bindweedFallopia convolvulusTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareOxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgareWild CherryPrunus aviumWild CherryPrunus aviumPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumScentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumBalm-of-GileadPopulus balsamifera x deltoides = P. x jackiiBalm-of-GileadPopulus balsamifera x deltoides = P. x jackiiAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaHairy-bromeBromopsis ramosaGiant FirAbies grandisGiant FirAbies grandisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisAutumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalisMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaMany-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polyspermaOil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleiferaOil-seed RapeBrassica napus subsp. oleiferaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaSun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopiaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaReed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinaceaPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperPrickly Sow-thistleSonchus asperWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumGarden PrivetLigustrum ovalifoliumPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaPendulous SedgeCarex pendulaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaWhite CampionSilene latifoliaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaPurple ToadflaxLinaria purpureaScots PinePinus sylvestrisScots PinePinus sylvestrisCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraTansyTanacetum vulgareTansyTanacetum vulgareItalian AlderAlnus cordataItalian AlderAlnus cordataTimothyPhleum pratenseTimothyPhleum pratenseOatAvena sativaOatAvena sativaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaTraveller's-joyClematis vitalbaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaLimeTilia cordata x platyphyllos = T. x europaeaWych ElmUlmus glabraWych ElmUlmus glabraGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumBread WheatTriticum aestivumBread WheatTriticum aestivumYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaPineappleweedMatricaria discoideaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helix