Exeter Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland30 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome30 ha
Getting here
52.08443, -0.39411
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
- 🐕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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
John Bunyan TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km▾
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greensand CyclewayCycling route59 km▾
Named routeLength 59 kmRegional cycle route
Route 21Cycling route▾
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Route 20Cycling route▾
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Photos
Exeter Wood and Warden Little Wood - In the distance across the field.
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Wildlife to spot
24,750 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,750 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Redwing +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug +2
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot Ladybird
Horse-chestnut · Creeping-Jenny · Ash · White Clover · Creeping Buttercup +5
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- CyclamenCyclamen
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,750 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Yellow-legged Gull · Redwing +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- PochardAythya ferina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Pine Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug +2
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 2-spot Ladybird
Horse-chestnut · Creeping-Jenny · Ash · White Clover · Creeping Buttercup +5
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- CyclamenCyclamen
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata
Adalia bipunctata
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonumWild TeaselDipsacus fullonumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumSpurge-laurelDaphne laureolaSpurge-laurelDaphne laureolaEvents & activities nearby
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