Shawfield Wood - Woodland plantation
0 ha
🐶Dogs🦋Insects🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.16926, -1.90246
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Acid grassland — heathland butterflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Lowland dry acid grassland priority habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
High Peak TrailWalking route27 km▾
Named routeLength 27 kmRegional walking route
Manifold TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 16Walking route18.1 km▾
Named routeLength 18.1 kmRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Cycleway (on road alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Route 549Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 549National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Peak District and South Pennines)Mountain bike route130.4 km▾
Named routeLength 130.4 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Walkway round boggy ground
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Wildlife to spot
2,472 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,472 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Swallow · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Linnet +26
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Stoat
Odontocerum albicorne · Batman Hoverfly
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Tormentil · Glaucous Sedge · Germander Speedwell · Tufted Hair-grass · Eared Willow +4
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Eared WillowSalix aurita
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,472 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Swallow · Kestrel · Goldfinch · Linnet +26
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Stoat
Odontocerum albicorne · Batman Hoverfly
- Odontocerum albicorneOdontocerum albicorne
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Tormentil · Glaucous Sedge · Germander Speedwell · Tufted Hair-grass · Eared Willow +4
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
- Eared WillowSalix aurita
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas