Brockley Wood - Woodland plantation
2 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.23682, -1.30639
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 293m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
Barlborough Heritage TrailWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
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Bolsover from Woodhouse Lane
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Wildlife to spot
32,034 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,034 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCormorant · Lapwing · Teal · Grey Heron · Magpie +33
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Parent Bug · Birch Clubhorn +4
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Red Dead-nettle · Hard Rush · Rosa canina · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Buttercup +85
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,034 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCormorant · Lapwing · Teal · Grey Heron · Magpie +33
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- TealAnas crecca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great TitParus major
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Parent Bug · Birch Clubhorn +4
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Birch ClubhornCimbex femoratus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Red Dead-nettle · Hard Rush · Rosa canina · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Buttercup +85
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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