Shirebrook Wood

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This picturesque woodland is rapidly developing into one of the most attractive wildlife sites in the region. With its mixture of mature broadleaf woodlan, newly planted trees, large open meadows and a scenic wetland valley.

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How to get there:

Shirebrook is the nearest town or village.

From Mansfield on the A60, take the B6407 toward Shirebrook. Just past Sookholme village the carpark is on the left.

OS Grid Reference: SK544668
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User Comments

5 Stars
Been round there today on a damp autumn morning,a really nice walk,and a lot has been done to reclaim this land that formerly was just a black mess of colliery sludge and waste.Great to have this on my doorstep.

Anonymous, 14/Nov/2011

5 Stars
Glad someone mentioned the farm buried beneath,this was Warsop park farm,I remember this in the early eighties befor the tip grew further and enveloped it.All these tips now look really nice and will continue to do so as they age and develop onwards.

Woodhus lad., 11/Sep/2011

is it possible to get to warsop then to sherwood forest through shirebrook woods?

Anonymous, 14/Oct/2010

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Please tell us about your visit

Please email us at enquiries.sherwood@forestry.gsi.gov.uk if you have an enquiry or would like a reply to your comments.

Brownfield restoration near Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Facilities and Activities

Contact:

Sherwood Forest Community Rangers
01623 822447
e-mail: enquiries.sherwood@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

This site is 110 hectares in size and used to be the Shirebrook Colliery's spoil heap. Beneath part of the south tip there used to be a dairy farm. Adjacent to the site Roman ruins have been found.