Young King's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.47482, -0.72149
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
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
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Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
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Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 552Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route164 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 164 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Northeast side of Vancouver Close
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Wildlife to spot
5,895 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,895 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Great Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Bristly Oxtongue · Branched Bur-reed · Wood Dock · Daisy · Biting Stonecrop +91
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,895 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Great Tit +37
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Bristly Oxtongue · Branched Bur-reed · Wood Dock · Daisy · Biting Stonecrop +91
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Biting StonecropSedum acre
- Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata
- Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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