Broadleaved woodland near Cupid's Corner
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.54218, 0.81637
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The BroomwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Roach Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-SeaWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Southend RingWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Southend-on-Sea to Wallasea IslandWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route42 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route27 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 27 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route165 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 165 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route676 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 676 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Gates across disused railway near Cupid's Corner
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Wildlife to spot
12,829 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,829 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Oystercatcher · Woodpigeon · Starling +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Clock · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Pea-leaf Weevil +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,829 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Black-headed Gull · Magpie · Oystercatcher · Woodpigeon · Starling +45
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Great TitParus major
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- KnotCalidris canutus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
🐝Insects10 species
springautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Black Clock · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Pea-leaf Weevil +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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