Hind Car Wood - Woodland plantation
4 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.18625, -1.20023
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Meden TrailWalking route▾
Maun Valley TrailWalking route▾
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Skegby TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Teversal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route984 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 984 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route661 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 661 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 648Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Littlewood Lanebridleway · 335 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 335 mPath type: track
Photos
Shirebrook Wood in early November
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Wildlife to spot
21,959 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,959 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Early Dog-violet · Flowering Currant · Parsley Water-dropwort · Great Millet · Black-poplar +3
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2025
- Great MilletSorghum bicolor2025
- Black-poplarPopulus nigra2025
- Common Fleabane
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,959 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- RavenCorvus corax
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Roe Deer · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- BadgerMeles meles
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Early Dog-violet · Flowering Currant · Parsley Water-dropwort · Great Millet · Black-poplar +3
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum
- Parsley Water-dropwortOenanthe lachenalii2025
- Great MilletSorghum bicolor2025
- Black-poplarPopulus nigra2025
- Common Fleabane
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Pulicaria dysenterica2025
Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Events & activities nearby
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