Templepan Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland12 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.68424, -0.45360
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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
🌤️ 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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient 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
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
Abbey Line TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
43 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
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Wildlife to spot
2,746 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw · Wren +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Halesus radiatus · Eupeodes latifasciatus · Oak Bush-cricket +14
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Mistletoe
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,746 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Jackdaw · Wren +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2025▾
Batman Hoverfly · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Halesus radiatus · Eupeodes latifasciatus · Oak Bush-cricket +14
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
- Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus
- Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Bank Haircap · Mistletoe
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
- MistletoeViscum album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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