Oxshott Heath - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.34153, -0.36156
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 on site — 12 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 on site — 12 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 km10 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stokesheath Road Northbridleway · 566 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 566 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Queens Drivebridleway · 312 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 312 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Wildlife to spot
14,721 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,721 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Mallard +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Green Tiger Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly +19
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Trifid Bur-marigold · New Zealand Pigmyweed
- Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
- New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,721 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Wren · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Mallard +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects24 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Green Tiger Beetle · Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly +19
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
Trifid Bur-marigold · New Zealand Pigmyweed
- Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
- New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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