Penny Wakefield Community Woodland
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
52.69730, -1.35831
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Dunnock +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Dunnock +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Amber Jelly, Plums And Custard, Scarlet Elfcup +22 more · last seen 2026
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Large White +161 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
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Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
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81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route118 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 118 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route113 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 113 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 52Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route327 m▾
Named routeLength 327 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Construction work on Berridge Lane
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,891 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,891 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Pied Wagtail · Dunnock · Black-headed Gull +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Badger · Red Fox · Harvest Mouse · Wood Mouse · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Small White · Speckled Wood · Large White · White-spot Sallow Dot · Harlequin Ladybird +38
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Scarlet Elfcup · False Chanterelle · Dryad's Saddle · Entyloma microsporum · Ramalina farinacea +7
- Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca2025
- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus2025
- Entyloma microsporumEntyloma microsporum2024
- Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea2024
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
Mistletoe · Fox-and-cubs · Great Willowherb · Common Hemp-nettle · Red Dead-nettle +5
- MistletoeViscum album
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,891 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Pied Wagtail · Dunnock · Black-headed Gull +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Badger · Red Fox · Harvest Mouse · Wood Mouse · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
Small White · Speckled Wood · Large White · White-spot Sallow Dot · Harlequin Ladybird +38
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- White-spot Sallow DotEctoedemia intimella
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Scarlet Elfcup · False Chanterelle · Dryad's Saddle · Entyloma microsporum · Ramalina farinacea +7
- Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca
- False ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiaca2025
- Dryad's SaddlePolyporus squamosus2025
- Entyloma microsporumEntyloma microsporum2024
- Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea2024
- Oak MossEvernia prunastri
Mistletoe · Fox-and-cubs · Great Willowherb · Common Hemp-nettle · Red Dead-nettle +5
- MistletoeViscum album
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Comma
Comma
Polygonia c-album2024
Polygonia c-album2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024Three-spot DotStigmella trimaculellaThree-spot DotStigmella trimaculellaAndromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyaiAndromeda LacebugStephanitis takeyaiRibautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmiRibautiana ulmiArboridia ribautiArboridia ribautiArboridia ribautiArboridia ribautiPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususPopulicerus confususStenocranus majorStenocranus majorStenocranus majorStenocranus majorCicadula frontalisCicadula frontalisCicadula frontalisCicadula frontalisZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaZig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopodaAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiAulagromyza heringiiCicadula quadrinotataCicadula quadrinotataCicadula quadrinotataCicadula quadrinotataMacrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardusMacrosteles sardusCicadula floriCicadula floriCicadula floriCicadula floriMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaNut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryliNut Leaf Blister MothPhyllonorycter coryliGreen-veined WhitePieris napiGreen-veined WhitePieris napiPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaPhytomyza agromyzinaKnopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamicKnopper Gall CauserAndricus quercuscalicis f. agamicSwallowtailPapilio machaonSwallowtailPapilio machaonWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusWoundwort ShieldbugEysarcoris venustissimusAllygus modestusAllygus modestusAllygus modestusAllygus modestusPhytocoris (Phytocoris) longipennisPhytocoris (Phytocoris) longipennisPhytocoris (Phytocoris) longipennisPhytocoris (Phytocoris) longipennisPsallus (Psallus) haematodesPsallus (Psallus) haematodesPsallus (Psallus) haematodesPsallus (Psallus) haematodesGorse LacebugDictyonota strichnoceraGorse LacebugDictyonota strichnoceraNeolygus viridisNeolygus viridisNeolygus viridisNeolygus viridisBrown ArgusAricia agestisBrown ArgusAricia agestisDasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliaeDasineura tiliaeDasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasianaDasineura thomasianaTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataTipula vittataCallicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeustaCallicorixa praeustaParacorixa concinnaParacorixa concinnaParacorixa concinnaParacorixa concinnaSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataSigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineataCherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2024Cherry Gall CauserCynips quercusfolii f. agamic2024Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2024Unaspis euonymiUnaspis euonymi2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni20242024
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Hypogymnia tubulosaHypogymnia tubulosa2024Hypogymnia tubulosaHypogymnia tubulosa2024Ramalina fastigiataRamalina fastigiata2024Ramalina fastigiataRamalina fastigiata2024Amber JellyExidia recisa2024Amber JellyExidia recisa2024Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides2024Purple JellydiscAscocoryne sarcoides2024PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.2024PoisonpieHebeloma crustuliniforme s. lat.2024Alder WrinkleTaphrina tosquinetii2024Alder WrinkleTaphrina tosquinetii2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2024Wood Small-reedCalamagrostis epigejos2024