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Woodlands Cemetery

✦ Ancient woodland97 ha

📷 Wikipedia · The Woodlands (Philadelphia) · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome97 ha

Getting here

54.27987, -0.46525

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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
🌿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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wavy Bitter-cress, Dog's Mercury, Holly +132 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bramble, Raspberry, Wood-sorrel +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Pterostichus niger, Leistus fulvibarbis +154 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 24 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Cleveland WayWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Tabular Hills WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Lady Mildred's Ridepublic footpath · 1.2 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.2 kmSurface dirtPath type: path

Lady Grace's Ridepublic footpath · 1.7 km

Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.7 kmPath type: track

🚴

Cycling

44 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route

Lincoln - Whitby

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route35 m

Named routeRef 1Length 35 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route3 km

Named routeRef 1Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route28 m

Named routeRef 1Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route111 m

Named routeRef 1Length 111 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Moors to SeaMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

Rowbrow Roadbridleway · 97 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 97 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Rowbrow Roadbridleway · 629 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 629 mPath type: bridleway

Lady Grace's Ridebridleway · 3.1 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 3.1 kmSurface gravelPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

26,389 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

26,389 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds7 species

winter

2026

Chaffinch · Nuthatch · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock +2

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Mole · Brown Rat · Badger

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Pond Terrapin

Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta

🐝

Insects18 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Leistus fulvibarbis · Pterostichus niger · Pterostichus strenuus · Anchomenus dorsalis +13

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis2025
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025
Pterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuus2025
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025
Bembidion tetracolumBembidion tetracolum2025
Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2025
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025
Bembidion obtusumBembidion obtusum2025
Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
Trechus quadristriatusTrechus quadristriatus2025
Simplocaria semistriataSimplocaria semistriata2025
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025
Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025

🌿

Plants102 species

winter

2026

Dog's Mercury · Great Wood-rush · Lesser Celandine · Cleavers · Creeping Thistle +97

Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
European LarchLarix decidua2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
DewberryRubus caesius2025
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2025
Field-roseRosa arvensis2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Dog-roseRosa canina2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

26,389 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds7 species

winter

2026

Chaffinch · Nuthatch · Robin · Blue Tit · Dunnock +2

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
NuthatchSitta europaea
RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Mole · Brown Rat · Badger

MoleTalpa europaea
Brown RatRattus norvegicus
BadgerMeles meles

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2026

Pond Terrapin

Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta

🐝

Insects18 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Leistus fulvibarbis · Pterostichus niger · Pterostichus strenuus · Anchomenus dorsalis +13

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis2025
Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2025
Pterostichus strenuusPterostichus strenuus2025
Anchomenus dorsalisAnchomenus dorsalis2025
Bembidion tetracolumBembidion tetracolum2025
Black Carrion BeetlePhosphuga atrata2025
Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025
Bembidion obtusumBembidion obtusum2025
Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri2025
Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025
Trechus quadristriatusTrechus quadristriatus2025
Simplocaria semistriataSimplocaria semistriata2025
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2025
Leistus ferrugineusLeistus ferrugineus2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025
Limodromus assimilisLimodromus assimilis2025
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2025

🌿

Plants102 species

winter

2026

Dog's Mercury · Great Wood-rush · Lesser Celandine · Cleavers · Creeping Thistle +97

Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2025
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025
CleaversGalium aparine2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2025
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025
GorseUlex europaeus2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Red FescueFestuca rubra2025
BrambleRubus fruticosus2025
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2025
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Common ChickweedStellaria media2025
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2025
BeechFagus sylvatica2025
IvyHedera helix2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
European LarchLarix decidua2025
AshFraxinus excelsior2025
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
RaspberryRubus idaeus2025
White Dead-nettleLamium album2025
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2025
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2025
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2025
Lateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromalla
Fox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025
NipplewortLapsana communis2025
DaisyBellis perennis2025
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2025
Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2025
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2025
DewberryRubus caesius2025
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris2025
Field-roseRosa arvensis2025
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2025
Common CouchElymus repens2025
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2025
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2025
Dog-roseRosa canina2025
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2025
Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2025
BugleAjuga reptans2025
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica2025
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2025
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2025
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2025
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2025
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2025
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2025
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
WoodruffGalium odoratum2025
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2025
Small NettleUrtica urens2025
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2025
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2025
DandelionTaraxacum2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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