Cocklow Wood - Mixed woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🛝Family🚲Cycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.73070, -1.14571
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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
- ☕Rustic Kitchen & Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Rustic Kitchen & Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 6
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Leicestershire Round
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
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Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 1Cycling route▾
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Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
41,633 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
41,633 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Mallard · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Moorhen +34
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Peacock · Cherry Gall Causer · Gorse Shieldbug +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PeacockAglais io
- Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2025
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
🍄Fungi34 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Ramalina farinacea · Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. · Blushing Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus · Honey Fungus +29
- Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
- Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025
- Gymnopus
🌿Plants35 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dog's Mercury · Lords-and-Ladies · Polypodium vulgare · Great Wood-rush · Honeysuckle +30
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,633 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Mallard · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Moorhen +34
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Fulica atra atraFulica atra atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey Squirrel · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Peacock · Cherry Gall Causer · Gorse Shieldbug +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- PeacockAglais io
- Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2025
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
🍄Fungi34 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Ramalina farinacea · Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. · Blushing Bracket · Candlesnuff Fungus · Honey Fungus +29
- Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
- Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat.
- Blushing BracketDaedaleopsis confragosa
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea2025
- Gymnopus
🌿Plants35 species
winterspring
2026▾
Dog's Mercury · Lords-and-Ladies · Polypodium vulgare · Great Wood-rush · Honeysuckle +30
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
CommaPolygonia c-albumCommaPolygonia c-albumBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniBrimstoneGonepteryx rhamniCommon BagwormPsyche castaCommon BagwormPsyche castaRondaniola bursariaRondaniola bursaria2025Rondaniola bursariaRondaniola bursaria2025Sallow DotStigmella salicis2025Sallow DotStigmella salicis2025Barred Elm DotStigmella ulmivora2025Barred Elm DotStigmella ulmivora2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2025Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Gymnopus2025
Gymnopus2025
Parmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumParmotrema perlatumTurkeytailTrametes versicolorTurkeytailTrametes versicolorOak MossEvernia prunastriOak MossEvernia prunastriCrepidotusCrepidotusCrepidotusCrepidotusSarcoscyphaSarcoscyphaSarcoscyphaSarcoscyphaWitch's ButterExidia glandulosaWitch's ButterExidia glandulosaCollared EarthstarGeastrum michelianumCollared EarthstarGeastrum michelianumWrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata2025Wrinkled CrustPhlebia radiata2025Punctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeri2025Punctelia jeckeriPunctelia jeckeri2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Razor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulina2025Lathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriforme2025Lathagrium auriformeLathagrium auriforme2025Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025Indet. EarthballScleroderma2025Indet. EarthballScleroderma2025Dothidella ulmiDothidella ulmi2025Dothidella ulmiDothidella ulmi2025Ramalina fastigiataRamalina fastigiata2025Ramalina fastigiataRamalina fastigiata2025White SaddleHelvella crispa2025White SaddleHelvella crispa2025Wrinkled ClubClavulina rugosa2025Wrinkled ClubClavulina rugosa2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Snowy WaxcapCuphophyllus virgineus var. virgineus2025Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Wood BlewitsLepista nuda2025Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes2025Shaggy ParasolChlorophyllum rhacodes2025Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025Amanita'r GwybedAmanita muscaria2025White DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothites2025White DapperlingLeucoagaricus leucothites2025Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans2025Common RustgillGymnopilus penetrans2025Burgundydrop BonnetMycena haematopus2025Burgundydrop BonnetMycena haematopus2025Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea2025Butter CapRhodocollybia butyracea2025Dark Honey FungusArmillaria ostoyae2025Dark Honey FungusArmillaria ostoyae2025Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025Snowdrop
Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis
Galanthus nivalis
Common ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood SageTeucrium scorodoniaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraCowslipPrimula verisCowslipPrimula verisCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaCommon Cord-mossFunaria hygrometricaGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusWinter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicusHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumGorseUlex europaeusGorseUlex europaeusGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataGarlic MustardAlliaria petiolataIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumPrimrosePrimula vulgarisPrimrosePrimula vulgarisCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisParsley-piertAphanes arvensis2025Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis2025Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2025Blue FleabaneErigeron acris2025Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2025NavelwortUmbilicus rupestris2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Goat WillowSalix caprea2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025Forked VeilwortMetzgeria furcata2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2025