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Rowl Wood

✦ Ancient woodland100 ha

📷 Stephen Horncastle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifeSeasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome100 ha

Getting here

54.29337, -0.72674

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Swift, Chaffinch, Wren +70 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Globeflower, Japanese Knotweed +49 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Butter Waxcap, Heath Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap +58 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Butter Waxcap, Heath Waxcap, Parrot Waxcap +58 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Dark Green Fritillary, Small Heath, Painted Lady +92 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark Green Fritillary, Small Heath, Painted Lady +92 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pexton TrailWalking route
Named routeRef PextonLocal walking route
Dalby Beck Red TrailWalking route
Named routeRef Red TrailLocal walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route
Named route
Dalby Forest Red RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Red
Dalby Forest Green RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Green
Dalby Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route
Named routeRef Blue
🐴

Horse riding

40 public paths nearby

Public paths
Sleights Roadbridleway · 370 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 370 mPath type: track
East Brow Roadbridleway · 322 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 322 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Green Lanebridleway · 36 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 36 mPath type: track
East Brow Roadbridleway · 933 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 933 mSurface pavedPath type: service
Farwath Roadbridleway · 732 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 732 mSurface gravelPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Row Wood from Sleights Road

📷 Stephen Horncastle · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Row Wood from Sleights Road

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✦Extensive prehistoric and medieval remains on Levisham MoorHistoric site3 km→✦Two prehistoric linear boundaries with associated features, 680m ESE and 880m NNE of Pexton Moor FarmHistoric site4.4 km→✦Rawcliffe Howe round barrowHistoric site3.5 km→✦Rawcliff HoweHistoric site3.5 km→✦Prehistoric field system, medieval rabbit warren and post-medieval mining test pits on Rhumbard SnoutHistoric site2.4 km→✦Part of a warrening enclosure 470m south east of High Rigg FarmHistoric site3.9 km→

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