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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome177 ha
Getting here
51.32928, -0.29118
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Footpath 56public footpath · 699 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 699 mPath type: footway
FP 35public footpath · 557 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 557 mPath type: footway
Ashtead Commons Concessionary Ride 4public footpath · 642 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 642 mPath type: bridleway
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 77Cycling route▾
LCN route via Ewell - Belmont - Roundshaw - South Croydon
Named routeRef 77Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
14 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bridleway 29bridleway · 523 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 523 mPath type: bridleway
Public Bridleway 33bridleway · 1.3 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.3 kmSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Public Bridleway 29bridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Ashtead Commons Path 33bridleway · 101 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 101 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway
Ashtead Commons Path 38bridleway · 7 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 7 mSurface fine_gravelPath type: bridleway
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Track to Stamford Green, Epsom Common
Photos
Track to Stamford Green, Epsom Common
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
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Wildlife to spot
60,583 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,583 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds38 species
springautumnwinter
2026Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Great Tit
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Turdus viscivorus viscivorusTurdus viscivorus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026Smooth Newt
Hornet · Common Darter · Carabus nemoralis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Carabus problematicus
+11 more speciesHide species list
All 16 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HornetVespa crabro2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
60,583 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds38 species
springautumnwinter
2026Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Great Tit
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Turdus viscivorus viscivorusTurdus viscivorus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026Smooth Newt
Hornet · Common Darter · Carabus nemoralis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Carabus problematicus
+11 more speciesHide species list
All 16 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- HornetVespa crabro2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Carabus problematicusCarabus problematicus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Violet Ground Beetle
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus2025
Carabus violaceus2025
Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Snail HunterCychrus caraboides2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus2025Pycnomerus fuliginosusPycnomerus fuliginosus2025Turtle BugPodops inuncta2025Turtle BugPodops inuncta2025Zeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosa2025Zeugophora subspinosaZeugophora subspinosa2025Populicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatus2025Populicerus laminatusPopulicerus laminatus2025Aphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralis2025Aphrophora pectoralisAphrophora pectoralis2025Tremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulae2025Tremulicerus tremulaeTremulicerus tremulae2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025