The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.32269, -0.26254
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 222m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 222m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 61 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 61 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 161 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 161 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
Madans Walkpublic footpath · 11 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 11 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
via south of Sutton town centre
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 76Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 76Local cycle route
LCN 76 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (76)Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
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The 'secret' Epsom underground shelter
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Wildlife to spot
20,350 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,350 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +47
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,350 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerwinter
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +47
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Darter · Harlequin Ladybird +5
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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