Aldershot Road Allotments
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Dogs welcome
Getting here
51.24994, -0.60142
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Moorhen
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 297m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Moorhen
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 297m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Moorhen, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Magpie, Moorhen, Woodpigeon +65 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Beautiful Demoiselle, Rosemary Beetle +15 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Cuckooflower, Orange Balsam, Pyramidal Orchid +6 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Western)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Puttenham walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Guildford Nature TrailWalking route▾
Scholar's TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mars TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef MarsLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Farnham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A3Local cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Earth TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef EarthLocal cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Guildford to Chertsey
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named routeLength 13.7 km
Cycle Surrey Hills - Puttenham LoopMountain bike route▾
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Aldershot Road, Guildford
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Wildlife to spot
21,422 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syrphus · Beautiful Demoiselle · Rosemary Beetle · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +8
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange Balsam · Pyramidal Orchid · Cuckooflower
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,422 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +36
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syrphus · Beautiful Demoiselle · Rosemary Beetle · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug +8
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange Balsam · Pyramidal Orchid · Cuckooflower
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
Trioza centranthi
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