Oaks Wood
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.09034, -1.44464
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 388m 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 388m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 14Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 18Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shaw Wood Closepublic footpath · 65 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ripley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ripley GreenwayLocal cycle route
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Manor Lanebridleway · 12 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 12 mPath type: bridleway
Manor Lanebridleway · 127 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 127 mPath type: bridleway
Manor Lanebridleway · 863 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 863 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
5,727 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,727 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +14
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Red Admiral +13
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- PeacockAglais io
Hemp-agrimony · Hedge Woundwort
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,727 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds19 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit +14
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Green-veined White · Ringlet · Red Admiral +13
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- PeacockAglais io
Hemp-agrimony · Hedge Woundwort
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisPainted LadyVanessa cardui2024Painted LadyVanessa cardui2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024