Lime Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.48030, 0.14691
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route▾
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
link to Falconwood stationWalking route▾
Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk
Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
183 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route (1)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route
LCN 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18Local cycle route
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14,591 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,591 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Mole
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects36 species
springautumn
2026▾
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Batman Hoverfly +31
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Neat Feather-moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Juniper Haircap · Silver-moss · Heath Plait-moss
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
- Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,591 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Domestic Dog · Mole
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects36 species
springautumn
2026▾
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Batman Hoverfly +31
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Neat Feather-moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Juniper Haircap · Silver-moss · Heath Plait-moss
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
- Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
- Silver-mossBryum argenteum
- Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Heather Weevil
Small Heather Weevil
Micrelus ericae
Micrelus ericae
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