Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.16257, 0.39413
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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
- 🐕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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 1Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,550 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Jackdaw · Jay · Carrion Crow +51
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Bat · Muntjac +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Water Avens · Oxlip
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- OxlipPrimula elatior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,550 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds56 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Jackdaw · Jay · Carrion Crow +51
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Brown Hare · Fallow Deer · Roe Deer · Bat · Muntjac +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Ruddy Darter
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
Water Avens · Oxlip
- Water AvensGeum rivale
- OxlipPrimula elatior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
