Park Wood
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.65694, 0.30784
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
- 🌿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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
St Peter's WayWalking route66 km▾
Named routeLength 66 kmRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route110 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 110 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route619 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 619 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route635 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 635 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route440 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 440 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Wildlife to spot
9,259 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,259 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Carrion Crow · Canada Goose +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus · Ant Damsel Bug · Nimbus obliteratus · Liocoris tripustulatus · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +26
- Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus
- Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
- Nimbus obliteratusNimbus obliteratus
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,259 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
winterspring
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Carrion Crow · Canada Goose +34
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
Fallow Deer
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus · Ant Damsel Bug · Nimbus obliteratus · Liocoris tripustulatus · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata +26
- Stictopleurus punctatonervosusStictopleurus punctatonervosus
- Ant Damsel BugHimacerus (Aptus) mirmicoides
- Nimbus obliteratusNimbus obliteratus
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
