Woodwalks - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.61541, -0.37246
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 welcome
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 km25 signed routes nearby
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Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
63 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Proyer's PathCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
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LCN 45Cycling route▾
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LCN+ link 89Cycling route▾
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Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
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LCN 88Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
16,063 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Greenfinch · Great Tit · Magpie · Dunnock +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Common Carder Bee · Gatekeeper · Small White +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Himalayan Balsam · Honeysuckle · Beech · Creeping Cinquefoil · Stone Parsley +7
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Stone ParsleySison amomum
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,063 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Greenfinch · Great Tit · Magpie · Dunnock +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
Slow-worm
Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Common Carder Bee · Gatekeeper · Small White +15
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Himalayan Balsam · Honeysuckle · Beech · Creeping Cinquefoil · Stone Parsley +7
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
- BeechFagus sylvatica
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Stone ParsleySison amomum
- Smooth Hawk's-beardCrepis capillaris
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorSuilliaSuillia2024SuilliaSuillia2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024Common WaspVespula vulgaris2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Wood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaWood-sedgeCarex sylvaticaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaGround-elderAegopodium podagrariaBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumBank HaircapPolytrichum formosumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumSwan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornumBlack HorehoundBallota nigraBlack HorehoundBallota nigraEvents & activities nearby
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