The Wilderness - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.07586, -0.73935
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 183m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
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 km6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tongwell Lanepublic footpath · 53 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 53 mPath type: unclassified
Tongwell Lanepublic footpath · 222 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 222 mPath type: unclassified
93 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Millennium Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V11Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V7Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
M1 motorway - footbridge near Blakelands
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Wildlife to spot
84,355 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
84,355 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +30
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +5
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Dandelion · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Cleavers · Common Nettle +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
84,355 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Mallard · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +30
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MagpiePica pica
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common TernSterna hirundo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Common Blue Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly +5
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Dandelion · Lords-and-Ladies · Holly · Cleavers · Common Nettle +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- IvyHedera helix
- DaisyBellis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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