Luke Spring - Woodland plantation
✦ Ancient woodland2 ha
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.47666, -1.39318
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Street Lanebridleway · 543 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 543 mSurface gravelPath type: path
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Wildlife to spot
11,541 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,541 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Pheasant +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Syrphus · 2-spot Ladybird · Leistus fulvibarbis · Willow Gall Weevil · Western Honey Bee +4
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
- Willow Gall WeevilArcharius salicivorus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- TramaTrama
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,541 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Pheasant +35
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Syrphus · 2-spot Ladybird · Leistus fulvibarbis · Willow Gall Weevil · Western Honey Bee +4
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
- Willow Gall WeevilArcharius salicivorus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- TramaTrama
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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