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Trees woods and wildlife
Cockchafer beetle
Cute and clumsy. The charming, but alarmingly large, cockchafer spends late spring sensing for the perfect mate with its fanned antennae. Spot them in woodland clearings or bumping into lit windows in late spring.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Chaffinch
Colourful characters. The chaffinch is one of our most common birds, but that doesn’t detract from its beauty.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Common inkcap
Sticky and useful, inkcaps were used as a source of ink for important documents to guard against forgeries.
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Woodland Trust Wood
Abertreweren
Defynnog Sennybridge
7.54 ha (18.63 acres)
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Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Wood
Haigh Hall Country Park
Greater Manchester
31.37 ha (77.52 acres)
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Borough of Poole Wood
Delph Wood
Dorset
31.10 ha (76.85 acres)
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Blog
Best woods near 10 UK cities
Here's our pick of great woods in and around the UK's busiest cities for sanctuary seekers, wildlife watchers, fitness fans and history hounds alike.
Charlie Mellor • 04 Nov 2021
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Woodland Trust Wood
Charleycombe Wood
Cornworthy
5.01 ha (12.38 acres)
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Medway Council Wood
Fort Amherst
Kent
4.98 ha (12.31 acres)
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Woodland Trust Wood
Seeds Plantation
Warrington
6.38 ha (15.76 acres)