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Wilden Moor

✦ Ancient woodland483 ha
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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome483 ha

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
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Forest walks

3 marked walking trail(s)

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Robin, Wren, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Robin, Wren, Chaffinch +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Yorkshire-fog, Red Clover, Autumn Hawkbit +39 more · last seen 2025

Free

Hiking

Marked walking trails totalling 18.1 km

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 56 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lyke Wake WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Tabular Hills WalkWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
The Inn WayWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Blawath Roadpublic footpath · 288 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 288 mPath type: track
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

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

Horse riding

40 public paths nearby

Public paths
Raindale Roadrestricted byway · 716 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 716 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Raindale Roadrestricted byway · 328 m
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 328 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Hardigate Roadbridleway · 8 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 8 mSurface compactedPath type: service
Newtondale Forest Drivebridleway · 647 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 647 mSurface unpavedPath type: service
Hardigate Roadbridleway · 146 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 146 mSurface compactedPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

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