High Wood - Mixed woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.30757, -1.29453
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Barlborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
The Chaffinch TrailWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Field footpath towards High Wood
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Wildlife to spot
4,769 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,769 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +37
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Eupeodes corollae · Emperor Dragonfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Creeping Buttercup · False Oat-grass · Soft-brome · Common Vetch · Wood Avens +65
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
- Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
- Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
- Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,769 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummer
2025▾
Long-tailed Tit · Woodpigeon · Chiffchaff · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch +37
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
Eupeodes corollae · Emperor Dragonfly · Hairy Dragonfly · Black-tailed Skimmer
- Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Creeping Buttercup · False Oat-grass · Soft-brome · Common Vetch · Wood Avens +65
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
- Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
- Common VetchVicia sativa subsp. segetalis2024
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
- Green HelleboreHelleborus viridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas