Broadleaved woodland near West Acton
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.52905, -0.28782
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
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
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 km25 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
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route ■Cycling route▾
Named routeRef ■Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 40Local cycle route
LCN 49Cycling route▾
Pinner - Harrow - Kingsbury - Brent Cross
Named routeRef 49Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
17,571 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,571 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chaffinch +23
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Cantharis rustica +3
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,571 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Chaffinch +23
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects8 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Rosemary Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Rose Chafer · Cantharis rustica +3
- Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Rose ChaferCetonia aurata
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
