Beeches Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 18 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍄 Fungi
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 18 ha
Places › England › Eastern › East Hertfordshire Getting here
51.95872, 0.10471
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 🍄 Mushroom 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🍄 Mushroom 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Yellowhammer, Wren, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Yellowhammer, Wren, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Candelariella reflexa, Porpidia soredizodes, Candelariella aurella f. aurella +120 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Candelariella reflexa, Porpidia soredizodes, Candelariella aurella f. aurella +120 more · last seen 2015
Varies
Plants — Hazel, Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn +22 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ash, Field Maple, Hazel +186 more · last seen 2022
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 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 route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Hertfordshire Way Walking route 267 km ▾
Long distance path
Named route Length 267 km Regional walking route
Show on map Harcamlow Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HAR Regional walking route
Show on map 12 public paths nearby
Public paths
Cakebread's Lane bridleway · 579 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 579 m Path type: track
Show on map Cakebread's Lane bridleway · 941 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 941 m Path type: track
Show on map Cakebread's Lane bridleway · 583 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 583 m Path type: track
Show on map Cakebread's Lane bridleway · 229 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 229 m Path type: track
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Bridleway 29 Near Beeches Wood
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Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023
Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2023
Indet. Deer Cervidae2019
Indet. Deer Cervidae2019
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2019
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2024
Toxonevra muliebris Toxonevra muliebris2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2020
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2020
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2019
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Psectrotanypus varius Psectrotanypus varius
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Scarlet Malachite Beetle Malachius aeneus
Scarlet Malachite Beetle Malachius aeneus
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Large Willow Aphid Tuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Little Snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2024
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2024
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Green-veined White Pieris napi2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Ivy Hedera helix
Ivy Hedera helix
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
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