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Ashen Grove Wood - Broadleaved woodland

1 ha

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsForaging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

51.42502, -0.19929

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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
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Bike parkingParking

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Wandle TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Tooting Common parkrunWalking route
Named routeParkrun
Capital Ring link to Balham stationWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Barnes TrailWalking route

The 2.3 mile Trail, and the 3 mile Extension, have been designed to show Barnes at its best. The route is circular, so it doesn't matter where you start – just follow the silver 'Barnes Trail' discs set in the ground

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
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Cycling

255 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LCN 26Cycling route

Section of LCN26 in Lambeth. Signage does not use the route number. Signed as westbound to Tooting, eastbound to Streatham Common & Norwood (doesn't reach the latter, though)

Named routeRef 26Local cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
LCN 29Cycling route
Named routeRef 29Local cycle route
LCNCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Route 4Cycling route
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

On foot from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo (4521)

📷 Basher Eyre · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

On foot from Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo (4521)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Wimbledon ParkUrban park1.6 km→🌱Wimbledon ParkUrban park1.6 km→🌱Morden Hall ParkUrban park2.5 km→🌱Morden Hall ParkUrban park2.5 km→✦MORDEN HALL PARKHistoric site2.6 km→🌱Wandsworth CommonUrban park3.5 km→

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