Brierley Wood - Woodland plantation
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
53.26967, -1.45286
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 181m away — 20 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 181m away — 20 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
South Chesterfield WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Peak District Boundary Walk Stage 11Walking route17 km▾
Named routeLength 17 kmRegional walking route
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
N/ACycling route548 m▾
Named routeLength 548 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
12,020 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
12,020 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Peregrine · Raven · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon +16
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Mole · Noctule
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown +11
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
🌿Plants9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Holly · Gorse · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Greater Plantain · Selfheal +4
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,020 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds21 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Barn Owl · Peregrine · Raven · Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon +16
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Mole · Noctule
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MoleTalpa europaea
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown +11
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
🌿Plants9 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Holly · Gorse · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Greater Plantain · Selfheal +4
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Greater PlantainPlantago major2025
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGreen-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxHornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus20252025
2025
Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025RamsonsAllium ursinum2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024Events & activities nearby
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