Belsize Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.55556, -0.14267
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕Café on site — 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
- ☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝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 km39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jack The Ripper WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Stoke Newington stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Middlesex Street Estate PedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Peter's Hill pedwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bishopsgate pedwaysWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
197 signed routes nearby
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Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
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Route CCycling route▾
Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
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Route CCycling route▾
Part of a cycling link between Cycleway 2 and Cycleway 3
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Cycleway 3Cycling route▾
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LCN 9Cycling route▾
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Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
36,494 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
36,494 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Tufted Duck +31
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird +15
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Syrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,494 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Starling · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Tufted Duck +31
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CootFulica atra
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat · Brown Rat
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · Meliscaeva auricollis · Green Shieldbug · Lesser Stag Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird +15
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Syrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus
Syrphus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerBishop's MitreAelia acuminataBishop's MitreAelia acuminataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipesHairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaPhaoniaBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataSuillia variegataMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025