Broadleaved woodland near West Acton
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.50835, -0.28808
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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
- ☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Costa — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
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 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
116 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33 (spur)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef (33)Local cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
40,664 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,664 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Robin +29
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Rose Chafer · Trioza centranthi +3
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,664 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Bittern · Robin +29
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- BitternBotaurus stellaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Epistrophe eligans · Pipizella · Rose Chafer · Trioza centranthi +3
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- PipizellaPipizella
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthi
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
