Swithland Wood
Nature Reserves, Country Parks & Beaches · Loughborough, Leicestershire
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Closed — opens 8am
🌳 Outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16🆓 Free entrySeasonal opening🌲 Woodland
What’s there
- Paid parking
- Dogs welcome
Two Pay and Display car parks (cash only): south off Roecliffe Road (sat nav LE12 8TN), north off Swithland Lane (sat nav LE12 8SS). £2 weekdays, £3 weekends for a full day. A Swithland Wood Pay & Display ticket is not valid at the main Bradgate Park car parks.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Swithland Wood is a 170-acre ancient woodland and Site of Special Scientific Interest lying directly north of Bradgate Park, together forming the Bradgate Park & Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve. Families can explore well-signed, waymarked routes through mature oak, birch, alder and lime woodland, with carpets of bluebells in spring and a rich variety of butterflies, moths and birds throughout the year. Dogs, cyclists and horse-riders are welcome on the appropriate routes. There are two pay-and-display car parks (south off Roecliffe Road, north off Swithland Lane) and the flooded former slate quarries are out of bounds. The nearest public toilets are at Bradgate Park Hallgates car park.
Swithland Wood has something to see throughout the seasons, including carpets of wildflowers and bluebells in spring and an annual outdoor Bluebell Church Service each May.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Wellies
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Travel games
- Picnic blanket
- Lunch boxes
- Baby carrier or slingBetter than a pram anywhere with steps or mud.
- Nappy sacks
- Tissues
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