The Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
🌿 Foraging🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
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Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Elmbridge Getting here
51.38404, -0.31107
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeTraditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Ewell West station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path - northern bank Walking route ▾
Created to ease maintenance on the "main" Thames Path from Source to Woolwich. The North (or true Left) Bank has many diversions away. Through central London (Battersea Bridge to Tower Bridge) the route tends to hug the River.
Named route Ref TPnth Regional walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Kingston station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map link to Beverley Brook Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 91 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map LCN 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C31 Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 29 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C29 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN 31 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 31 Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 29 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C29 Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
26,362 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,362 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +35
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans +3
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Syrphus Syrphus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,362 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird +35
Robin Erithacus rubecula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica Blackbird Turdus merula Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Dunnock Prunella modularis Redwing Turdus iliacus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Epistrophe eligans +3
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Syrphus Syrphus Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Hairy-footed Flower Bee Anthophora plumipes Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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