Sherwoods Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.63551, -0.38935
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Oxhey Grange Fields Car Park 215m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Oxhey Grange Fields Car Park 215m away — 8 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
LOOP link to Stanmore UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Pasturespublic footpath · 56 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 56 mPath type: residential
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
Belmont TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
17,801 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
17,801 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Carrion Crow +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Hornet Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,801 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Mallard · Carrion Crow +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac · Soprano Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Hornet Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · 22-spot Ladybird +3
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum