Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.82445, 0.41203
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Park Lanebridleway · 1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1 kmPath type: service
Wall Chasebridleway · 261 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 261 mPath type: service
Park Lanebridleway · 635 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 635 mPath type: bridleway
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
1,537 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,537 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · House Sparrow · Robin +35
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2018
Rabbit · Badger · Mole · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Comma · Ringlet · Small White · Large Skipper · Large White +18
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Figwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,537 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · House Sparrow · Robin +35
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Great TitParus major2021
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- RavenCorvus corax2019
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- SwiftApus apus2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2021
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
- RookCorvus frugilegus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
- JayGarrulus glandarius2018
Rabbit · Badger · Mole · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +1
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2019
Comma · Ringlet · Small White · Large Skipper · Large White +18
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Figwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus2018Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaBatman HoverflyMyathropa floreaPainted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2019Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2018Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2018PeacockAglais io2018PeacockAglais io2018