🌞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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
6 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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14 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 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 routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route
LOOP link to Whyteleafe stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Downlands Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 23Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route▾
English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities
Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Yew Tree WayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
National Cycle Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
Waterlink WayCycling route12 km▾
Named routeRef WWLength 12 kmRegional cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
🐴
Horse riding
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6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Tillingdown Lanebridleway · 484 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 484 mPath type: residential
Tillingdown Hillbridleway · 45 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 45 mPath type: unclassified
Tillingdown Hillbridleway · 302 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 302 mPath type: bridleway
Tillingdown Hillbridleway · 337 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 337 mPath type: unclassified
Tillingdown Hillbridleway · 14 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 14 mPath type: unclassified
