Horsenden Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.53359, -0.33780
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Everyone Active Cafe — 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
- ☕Everyone Active Cafe — 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
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 km23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 86Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 86Local cycle route
LCN 49Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 49Local cycle route
Photos

Capital Ring enters Perivale Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Own or manage this place?
Claim this listing to keep details accurate, add photos, and highlight what makes it special — free.
Claim this page→How useful was the information on this page?
id: adf2f7af-0859-4b96-8bce-9f5fd28e6c83
Events & activities nearby
Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
Bookable toursWildlife to spot
44,809 records · National Biodiversity Network
▾
Wildlife to spot
44,809 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Magpie · House Sparrow · Moorhen +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Cheilosia grossa +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,809 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Magpie · House Sparrow · Moorhen +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Cheilosia grossa +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxCommon Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glaucaCommon Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glaucaHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025