Dancer Dick Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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Places › England › London › Kingston upon Thames Getting here
51.37141, -0.27331
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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 253m 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 253m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs 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 km 16 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
LOOP link to Ewell West station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Down Link Walking route ▾
Named route Ref TDL Regional walking route
Show on map Hogsmill Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HVW Local walking route
Show on map Chessington Countryside Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map London LOOP (Section 6) Walking route ▾
“great-looking countryside and some fine views of London” Sights: * Small houses built for the troops returning from WWI * The Oaks Park * Banstead Downs
Named route Ref LOOP Regional walking route
Show on map 128 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route C Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
Show on map Hogsmill River bridge Greenway Cycling route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 28 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C28
Show on map Route C Cycling route ▾
Link from Cycleway 28 to Kingston University/C29
Named route Ref C Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
47,819 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 47,819 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Bordered Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort +23
Bordered Screw-moss Tortula marginata Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 47,819 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 48 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Woodpigeon +43
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Blackbird Turdus merula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Coot Fulica atra House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Greenfinch Chloris chloris Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Common Gull Larus canus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
Common Frog Rana temporaria Common Toad Bufo bufo Bordered Screw-moss · Marble Screw-moss · Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum · Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Dilated Scalewort +23
Bordered Screw-moss Tortula marginata Marble Screw-moss Syntrichia papillosa Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Streblotrichum convolutum var. commutatum Rough-stalked Feather-moss Brachythecium rutabulum Dilated Scalewort Frullania dilatata Common Cord-moss Funaria 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-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Swartz's Feather-moss Oxyrrhynchium hians
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Silver-moss Bryum argenteum
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Bird's-claw Beard-moss Barbula unguiculata
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss Streblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Lesser Bird's-claw Beard-moss Streblotrichum convolutum var. convolutum
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
Clustered Feather-moss Rhynchostegium confertum
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Minute Pouncewort Myriocoleopsis minutissima
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Lateral Cryphaea Cryphaea heteromalla
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Creeping Feather-moss Amblystegium serpens
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Cylindric Beard-moss Didymodon insulanus
Dusky Beard-moss Didymodon luridus
Dusky Beard-moss Didymodon luridus
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wood Bristle-moss Lewinskya affinis
Wavy Beard-moss Didymodon sinuosus
Wavy Beard-moss Didymodon sinuosus
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
White-tipped Bristle-moss Orthotrichum diaphanum
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum
Fox-tail Feather-moss Thamnobryum alopecurum
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum
Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme
Hypnum cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Capillary Thread-moss Bryum capillare
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum
Streblotrichum convolutum Streblotrichum convolutum
Prince-of-Wales Feather-moss Neckera smithii
Prince-of-Wales Feather-moss Neckera smithii Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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