The Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.39375, -0.30036
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕ICON Coffee & Brunch House — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕ICON Coffee & Brunch House — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Ewell West stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Fulwell 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
113 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
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
Tamsin TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
51,427 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,427 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Jackdaw +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Syrphus torvus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
51,427 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Jackdaw +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +3
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Syrphus torvus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus
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