Lees Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.67358, -0.44311
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Moor Park UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
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
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rickmansworth to Croxley GreenCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Meadow Way, Rickmansworth to NCN61Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
12,026 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,026 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull +34
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Daubenton's Bat · Bat
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BatChiroptera
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Aquarius paludum · Halesus radiatus +20
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Aquarius paludumAquarius paludum2024
- Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Liverwort
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,026 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Robin · Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull +34
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Daubenton's Bat · Bat
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- BatChiroptera
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects25 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Aquarius paludum · Halesus radiatus +20
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Aquarius paludumAquarius paludum2024
- Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Liverwort
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas