Ken Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.56632, -0.15251
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Capital Ring link to Highgate underground stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Finsbury Park stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Jubilee Walkway (Camden Loop)Walking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 11)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
117 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycleway 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C6Regional cycle route
Cycleway 20Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C20Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Regent's CanalCycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Grand Union Canal towpathCycling route▾
'Recommended cycle route'
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
53,251 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
53,251 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Woodpigeon +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae · Abax parallelepipedus +3
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,251 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Woodpigeon +39
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad · Alpine Newt · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Alpine NewtIchthyosaura alpestris
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Lesser Stag Beetle · Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae · Abax parallelepipedus +3
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
