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Woodhead

✦ Ancient woodland8 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeFungiForaging
Free entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

52.69448, -0.52900

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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

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Phragmidium bulbosum, Mallow Rust, Rose Rust +41 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Phragmidium bulbosum, Mallow Rust, Rose Rust +41 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Foraging

Plants — White Dead-nettle, Blackthorn, Common Nettle +20 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Ground-ivy, Cow Parsley +220 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Bedeguar Gall, Psyllopsis fraxini agg., Dasineura rosae +219 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Bedeguar Gall, Psyllopsis fraxini agg., Dasineura rosae +219 more · last seen 2023

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Red-legged Partridge, Cuckoo, Jay +3 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Torpel WayWalking route
Named route
FP E166public footpath · 237 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 237 mSurface grassPath type: footway
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Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Barley field and Woodhead

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Barley field and Woodhead

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Holywell Hall ParkHistoric site4.3 km→⚽Meadows Playing FieldPlaying field4.4 km→⛪St Peter's ChurchReligious grounds2.3 km→⛳Woolfox Golf and Country ClubGolf course2.6 km→⛳WoolfoxGolf course2.5 km→✦Air photography site NE of village and site of Roman townHistoric site2.8 km→

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