The Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.39408, -0.27940
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
- 🅿️Parking 283m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 283m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: London LOOP (Section 8)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
153 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
Raynes Park to Wimbledon Cycleway (proposed)Cycling route▾
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
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Wildlife to spot
54,242 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
54,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus · Melanostoma scalare +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Green Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
54,242 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria2025
7-spot Ladybird · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Syrphus · Melanostoma scalare +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Green Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Palomena prasina
Palomena prasina
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusMalvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Events & activities nearby
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