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Dog walks in Harlow Wood

Harlow Wood is a wood in Ashfield, 4.2 km from the middle of Mansfield. 73 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 61% are under 3 km and 28% are loops.

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NottinghamMansfieldBeestonWorksopHarlow Wood10 km
Harlow Wood on Nottinghamshire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Three walks in Harlow Wood

From the 73 walks that lie mostly in Harlow Wood, those that start nearest its middle: a 4.0 km loop, a 7.2 km there and back and a 2.4 km one-way walk.

Where these go is in the app

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  • Near Harlow Wood (longer)4.0 km · 68 min · A loop
  • Newstead and back7.2 km · 123 min · There and back
  • Near Harlow Wood (shorter)2.4 km · 42 min · One way

The land and what it asks of a dog

  • Dogs on a short lead from 1 March to 31 July, and near livestock at any timeThe 8 hectares that are open access landCountryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
  • Open by permission, not by right133 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
  • Open by right10 hectares of the woodland

Ashfield council has a dog control order we cannot yet place on the map, so it may apply here. Newark and Sherwood council has a dog control order we cannot yet place on the map, so it may apply here. Signs on the ground may say more.

What the walks in Harlow Wood are like

Every share is of the 73 walks that lie mostly in Harlow Wood, with Mansfield as a whole marked on each bar.

How far they go

Under 3 km: 61% of the walks in Harlow Wood, against 37% near Mansfield.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredMansfield
Under 3 km
61%
37%
3 to 5 km
23%
24%
5 to 8 km
13%
18%
8 to 12 km
1%
14%
Over 12 km
<1%
5%

What shape they are

A loop: 28% of the walks in Harlow Wood, against 38% near Mansfield.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredMansfield
A loop
28%
38%
There and back the same way
46%
36%
One way, ending somewhere else
24%
24%

What is beside the path

Off road for four fifths or more: 91% of the walks in Harlow Wood, against 18% near Mansfield.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredMansfield
Under trees for a third or more of the way
100%
61%
Beside water for a tenth or more
21%
50%
On open access land for a third or more
<1%
4%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
<1%
41%
Off road for four fifths or more
91%
18%
On roads or lanes for half or more
1%
59%
Through built-up streets for half or more
<1%
6%

What might stop you

No busy road to cross: 95% of the walks in Harlow Wood, against 50% near Mansfield.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredMansfield
Never beside a fast road
100%
92%
Never beside a busy road
54%
48%
No busy road to cross
95%
50%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
100%
64%
No steps
100%
69%

What is on the way

Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road: 12% of the walks in Harlow Wood, against 85% near Mansfield.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredMansfield
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
12%
85%
Pass a pub
<1%
37%
Pass a dog-waste bin
<1%
23%
Pass a public toilet
8%
14%
Pass a drinking-water tap
<1%
<1%
Pass a busy beauty spot
9%
21%

Measured on 20 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks in Harlow Wood, for your dog

If you live in Nottinghamshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

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Further is the Trekosa subscription. 100% of the walks here run under trees for a third of the way or more. It brings the Further map, 1:25,000, with contours, field walls and every right of way, while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk in Harlow Wood before you set off and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal drops among the trees. Part of Harlow Wood is open access land, where a path on the ground can be faint: drift off your line and the phone buzzes. It also opens walks beyond your home county, if Nottinghamshire is not yours.

The first 250 households have it for good. After that, £4.99 a month or £34.99 a year.

Questions people ask

Do dogs need a lead in Harlow Wood?
On the open access land, the law asks for a short lead from 1 March to 31 July, and near livestock at any time. Ashfield has a dog order we cannot yet place, so it may apply here, read on 1 October 2026. Newark and Sherwood has a dog order we cannot yet place, so it may apply here, read on 1 October 2026.
How many dog walks are there in Harlow Wood?
73 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Harlow Wood.

Getting there

4 car parks and 1 public toilet within Harlow Wood or at its edge, from OpenStreetMap.