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Combe Wood - Broadleaved woodland

2 ha

📷 Adrian Benn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsWildlifeWater
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.50012, 0.29280

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🥾Walking is best here in early morning in summer — quiet trails and good light before the heat
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl

Free

Wildlife

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat

Free

Waterside walks

Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking

Varies

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LOOP link to Purfleet stationWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Thames Estuary PathWalking route46.6 km
Named routeLength 46.6 kmNational walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Grain to WoolwichWalking route76 km
Named routeRef ECPLength 76 kmNational walking route
Havering Green WaysWalking route
Named route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route

"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
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Cycling

88 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 13Cycling route
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route
Named route
National Cycle Network Route 137Cycling route
Named routeRef 137Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (South)Cycling route
Named route
NCN 1Cycling route
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Scrubland by the Mardyke

📷 Adrian Benn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Scrubland by the Mardyke

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🏞️BELHUS WOODSCountry park3.3 km→✦BELHUS PARKHistoric site2.2 km→🌱Grays Beach Riverside ParkUrban park4.1 km→🌱Davy Down Riverside ParkUrban park300 m→🌱Dilkes ParkUrban park1.3 km→🌱Dilkes ParkUrban park1.3 km→

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