PARNDON WOODS & COMMON
50 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome50 ha
Getting here
51.74070, 0.08835
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Nature reserve
Dogs allowed — nature reserve
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Nature reserve — seasonal wildlife and habitats
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW02Local walking route
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Parndon TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route224 m▾
Named routeLength 224 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route418 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 418 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
16 photos from nearby open sources
Parndon Woods Nature Reserve
Photos
Parndon Woods Nature Reserve
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,744 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,744 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Kestrel · Robin · Wren
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,744 records · NBN AtlasWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Kestrel · Robin · Wren
+47 more speciesHide species list
All 52 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Grass Snake · Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Adder
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Red-legged Shieldbug · Migrant Hawker
+9 more speciesHide species list
All 14 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas