Dancer Dick Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.36067, -0.26779
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
- 🛝Playground 144m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 144m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional 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
Reigate and Banstead Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef RBMTRegional walking route
Poole Roadpublic footpath · 43 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 43 mSurface compactedPath type: residential
78 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
Route CCycling route▾
Link from Cycleway 28 to Kingston University/C29
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
45,290 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,290 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort · Common Cord-moss · Nicholson's Beard-moss +24
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,290 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort · Common Cord-moss · Nicholson's Beard-moss +24
- Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatumStreblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Dilated ScalewortFrullania dilatata
- Common Cord-mossFunaria hygrometrica
- Nicholson's Beard-mossDidymodon nicholsonii
- Swartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hians
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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