Barkestone Wood - Woodland plantation
4 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.88131, -0.82354
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
- 🅿️Parking 405m 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
- 🅿️Parking 405m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Grantham CanalCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
11,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Jackdaw +48
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Purple Hairstreak · Lesser Stag Beetle · Dasineura fraxinea · Beech Leaf-miner +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
- Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Dasineura fraxineaDasineura fraxinea2024
- Beech Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter maestingella2024
Candlesnuff Fungus
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Yellow Pimpernel · Rhododendron · Chicory
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
winterspring
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Jackdaw +48
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspring
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2024▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Purple Hairstreak · Lesser Stag Beetle · Dasineura fraxinea · Beech Leaf-miner +2
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2023
- Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Dasineura fraxineaDasineura fraxinea2024
- Beech Leaf-minerPhyllonorycter maestingella2024
Candlesnuff Fungus
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
Yellow Pimpernel · Rhododendron · Chicory
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dewick's Plusia
Dewick's Plusia
Macdunnoughia confusa2023
Macdunnoughia confusa2023
Yellow Oak Case-bearerColeophora flavipennella2023Yellow Oak Case-bearerColeophora flavipennella2023