Wallingbrook Wood
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.27989, -1.17172
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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Raven +92 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Raven +92 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Scorpion Weed, Sunflower, Black Bryony +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Rowbotham's RoundWalking route▾
Rotherham RingWalking route▾
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route560 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 560 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Ratcliffe Lanebridleway · 156 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 156 mSurface gravelPath type: service
Photos
Cereal field, east of Wallingbrook Wood
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Wildlife to spot
62,795 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
62,795 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · House Martin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Scorpion Weed · Common Chickweed · Snapdragon · Ground-ivy · Greater Plantain +102
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
62,795 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · House Martin · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Scorpion Weed · Common Chickweed · Snapdragon · Ground-ivy · Greater Plantain +102
- Scorpion WeedPhacelia tanacetifolia
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba subsp. sanguisorba
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas