Worth Wood
✦ Ancient woodland101 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome101 ha
Getting here
51.08489, -3.62939
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
- 🅿️Tarr Steps Car Park 446m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Tarr Steps Car Park 446m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
🦉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, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Woodpigeon +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Montbretia +2 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Sericomyia silentis, Beautiful Demoiselle +31 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Two Moors WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef MWListed length 166Regional walking route
Exe Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef EVWRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 3Cycling route527.7 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 527.7 kmNational Cycle Network
EuroVelo 1 - Atlantic Coast Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV1International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route32.9 km▾
Named routeRef 3Length 32.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
28 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stony Lanebridleway · 961 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 961 mPath type: bridleway
Watery Lanebridleway · 830 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 830 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Great Bradley Bridgebridleway · 19 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 19 mPath type: bridleway
Barnclose Roadbridleway · 2.6 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2.6 kmPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
5,306 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Dipper · Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler +42
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Syrphus · Sericomyia silentis · Beautiful Demoiselle
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Alder · Trailing St John's-wort · Water Mint · Sessile Oak · Common Sorrel +42
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,306 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGoldcrest · Dipper · Blackcap · Chiffchaff · Willow Warbler +42
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RavenCorvus corax
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Anoplotrupes stercorosus · Syrphus · Sericomyia silentis · Beautiful Demoiselle
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
Alder · Trailing St John's-wort · Water Mint · Sessile Oak · Common Sorrel +42
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Trailing St John's-wortHypericum humifusum
- Water MintMentha aquatica
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- Hemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocata
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
