The Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40194, -0.29138
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
- ☕The Chip Club — 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
- ☕The Chip Club — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
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 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
London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
133 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
64,683 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,683 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +7
- 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
64,683 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Scathophaga stercoraria · Epistrophe eligans +7
- 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
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusMalvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae2025Malvapion malvaeMalvapion malvae20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Events & activities nearby
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