Grave Wood - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.23292, -1.23913
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
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 648Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 648National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 648Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route699 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 699 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route15 m▾
Named routeRef 648Length 15 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
10,199 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,199 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
Sweet Chestnut · Pale Persicaria · Red Dead-nettle · Tor-grass · Elm +137
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre
- ElmUlmus
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,199 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +19
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
Sweet Chestnut · Pale Persicaria · Red Dead-nettle · Tor-grass · Elm +137
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
- Pale PersicariaPersicaria lapathifolia
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Tor-grassBrachypodium rupestre
- ElmUlmus
- NipplewortLapsana communis
- Egyptian CloverTrifolium alexandrinum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas