London Road Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🎠Play🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34982, -0.25441
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Flying Saucer Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Flying Saucer Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
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 km13 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
83 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Hogsmill River bridge GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 77 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (77)Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
54,067 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
54,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coot · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +38
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bordered Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort +24
- Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
54,067 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coot · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Rock Dove · Blue Tit +38
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Bordered Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort +24
- Bordered Screw-mossTortula marginata
- Marble Screw-mossSyntrichia papillosa
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nicholson's Beard-moss
Nicholson's Beard-moss
Didymodon nicholsonii
Didymodon nicholsonii
Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSilver-mossBryum argenteumSilver-mossBryum argenteumBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumLesser Bird's-claw Beard-mossStreblotrichum convolutum var. convolutumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaMinute PouncewortMyriocoleopsis minutissimaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCreeping Feather-mossAmblystegium serpensCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusCylindric Beard-mossDidymodon insulanusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosusWavy Beard-mossDidymodon sinuosusForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumFox-tail Feather-mossThamnobryum alopecurumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumElegant Bristle-mossOrthotrichum pulchellumHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiformeHypnum cupressiformeCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumStreblotrichum convolutumPrince-of-Wales Feather-mossNeckera smithiiPrince-of-Wales Feather-mossNeckera smithiiCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2025