The Shrubbery - Broadleaved woodland
14 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.33591, -0.19351
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 20 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wandle-Oaks LinkWalking 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
Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 76 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (76)Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 77Cycling route▾
LCN route via Ewell - Belmont - Roundshaw - South Croydon
Named routeRef 77Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South MersthamCycling route▾
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Freedown Lanebridleway · 382 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 382 mSurface unpavedPath type: unclassified
Freedown Lanebridleway · 939 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 939 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
27,795 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,795 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Trichochermes walkeri · 7-spot Ladybird · Bryony Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoplothrips +7
- Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- HoplothripsHoplothrips
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,795 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +40
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Hirundo rustica rusticaHirundo rustica rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Trichochermes walkeri · 7-spot Ladybird · Bryony Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Hoplothrips +7
- Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- HoplothripsHoplothrips
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum2025Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025Cantharis nigricansCantharis nigricans2025