Great Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.35196, -0.27630
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 301m away — 2 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 301m away — 2 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 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
64 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
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28Regional cycle route
LCN 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
67,941 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
67,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Blackbird +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
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
67,941 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Blackbird +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CootFulica atra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
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 cruciata2025Events & activities nearby
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