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Sleaford Wood

11 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 256m 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 256m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Scaeva pyrastri +3 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Scaeva pyrastri +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Woodside Avenuepublic footpath · 104 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 104 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

21 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Sleaford - Greylees cycle trackCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 15Cycling route

Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network

Leasingham - SleafordCycling route

Named routeRef 151National Cycle Network

Sleaford - Ruskington Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Boston Road Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Sleaford - Silk WilloughbyCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

10,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · House Sparrow +41

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

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Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,969 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds46 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Goldfinch · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · House Sparrow +41

GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great TitParus major2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summerautumn

2025

Rabbit · Brown Hare

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Brown HareLepus europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mick Lobb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Across playing field to Beech Rise and Sleaford Wood

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🌱Boston Road Recreation GroundUrban park1.4 km→🌱Gregson GreenUrban park900 m→🌱The Nettles Fish ParkUrban park900 m→🦉LOLLYCOCKS FIELDNature reserve900 m→🌱Greylees OrchardUrban park4.2 km→🎱Sleaford Indoor Bowls ClubBowling green1.1 km→

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