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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.61817, 0.30934
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Iceland car park 51m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Iceland car park 51m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2026
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2026
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Nebria brevicollis, Green Shieldbug, 7-spot Ladybird +53 more · last seen 2026
Dogs allowed with public access
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
toilets; Urban park — family destination
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Cornslandpublic footpath · 370 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 370 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Cornslandpublic footpath · 100 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Madeira Walkpublic footpath · 394 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 394 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route53 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 53 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route236 m▾
Named routeRef 136Length 236 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Shenfield Common, Brentwood
Photos
Shenfield Common, Brentwood
Facilities
🅿️Parking
Iceland car park · Paid · 51m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,653 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,653 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds61 species
winterspringsummer
2026Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw
+56 more speciesHide species list
All 61 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummerautumn
2026Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Rabbit
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Fallow DeerDama dama2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2022Slow-worm · Grass Snake
🐸Amphibians5 species
winter
2026Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects56 species
wintersummer
2026Nebria brevicollis · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syritta pipiens
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,653 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds61 species
winterspringsummer
2026Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw
+56 more speciesHide species list
All 61 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummerautumn
2026Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Rabbit
+3 more speciesHide species list
All 8 mammals recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Fallow DeerDama dama2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springsummer
2022Slow-worm · Grass Snake
🐸Amphibians5 species
winter
2026Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Common Toad
🐝Insects56 species
wintersummer
2026Nebria brevicollis · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Syritta pipiens
+51 more speciesHide species list
All 56 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2022
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
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