Ken Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.56838, -0.15400
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 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
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named routeLocal walking route
New River PathWalking route▾
Named routeRef NRRegional walking route
107 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
51,354 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
51,354 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Magpie · Mallard · Tufted Duck · Woodpigeon +40
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- 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
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Mole
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
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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 · Black Clock +3
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
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- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- 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
- TealAnas crecca2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
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 · Black Clock +3
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosaeMacrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
