Dancer Dick Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.36804, -0.27024
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
- 🛝Playground 130m 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🛝Playground 130m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
playground
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 2 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
124 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 C28
Route CCycling route▾
Link from Cycleway 28 to Kingston University/C29
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
47,903 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
47,903 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Collared Dove · Jackdaw +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
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
47,903 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Collared Dove · Jackdaw +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
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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