Franks Wood - Woodland
3 ha
🎠Play🛝Family🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.55070, 0.28354
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🛝Playground
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 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
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Havering Green WaysWalking route▾
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 13Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
47,275 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,275 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +30
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- 22-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
47,275 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Blue Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Wren +30
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
7-spot Ladybird · 16-spot Ladybird · Coccidula rufa · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Coccidula rufaCoccidula rufa
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides
- 22-spot Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisEvents & activities nearby
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