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Snapes Wood

✦ Ancient woodland60 ha

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome60 ha

Getting here

52.42924, -0.60391

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🍄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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Blackbird +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Hair-pointed Feather-moss, Ivy, Common Pocket-moss +19 more · last seen 2018

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Variospora flavescens, Rinodina calcarea, Cladonia coniocraea +38 more · last seen 2012; Fungi — Variospora flavescens, Rinodina calcarea, Cladonia coniocraea +38 more · last seen 2012

Varies

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Small White, Red Admiral, Large White +63 more · last seen 2021

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Red Dead-nettle, Hazel +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Lyveden WayWalking route15.2 km
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
East Northamptonshire GreenwayCycling route
Named routeRef 71Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Beside Snapes Wood

📷 Tim Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Beside Snapes Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Fermyn Woods Country ParkUrban park2.9 km→🌱Brigstock Pocket ParkUrban park2.8 km→🌱Drayton ParkUrban park2.5 km→🏞️FERMYN WOODSCountry park3.3 km→✦BOUGHTON HOUSEHistoric site4.7 km→✦LYVEDEN NEW BIELDHistoric site4.6 km→

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