🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
5 activities
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Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blue Tit +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Heather Weevil, 7-spot Ladybird, Philorhizus melanocephalus +20 more · last seen 2026; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
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Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂
Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Neat Feather-moss +2 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
LOOP link to Hayes stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Tandridge Border PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling
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160 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 213Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 213Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 75 (parallel Croydon route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (75)Local cycle route
Route 212Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 212Local cycle route
Route (21)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route - short linking loop around the Sports Ground / Oasis Academy Arena
