Sherwood Forest - Mixed woodland
8 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.15225, -1.09976
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
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Southwell TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 645Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 645National Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route339 m▾
Named routeLength 339 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route136 m▾
Named routeLength 136 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route52 m▾
Named routeRef 645Length 52 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Family Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green Route
Outlaw TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red Route
Viking TrailMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue Route
Bike Park & Downhill RouteMountain bike route▾
Photos
Track in woodland, Sherwood Pines Forest Park
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Wildlife to spot
16,986 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,986 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Tawny Owl · Nuthatch · Crossbill · Carrion Crow +10
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Melanostoma scalare · Melangyna umbellatarum · Pea-leaf Weevil · Pine Weevil
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Male-fern · Bracken · Common Sallow · Bramble · Pedunculate Oak +107
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,986 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds15 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Tawny Owl · Nuthatch · Crossbill · Carrion Crow +10
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Melanostoma scalare · Melangyna umbellatarum · Pea-leaf Weevil · Pine Weevil
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Melangyna umbellatarumMelangyna umbellatarum
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Pine WeevilHylobius abietis
Male-fern · Bracken · Common Sallow · Bramble · Pedunculate Oak +107
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Common SallowSalix cinerea
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas