Shipwrights Wood - Broadleaved woodland 1 ha
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🐶 Dogs🌿 Foraging🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Castle Point Getting here
51.55551, 0.58078
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 welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard priority habitat
Free
Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Accessible Route, Rayleigh Mount Walking route 600 m ▾
Gravel path with inclines around Rayleigh Mount.
AccessAble: https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/access-guides/rayleigh-mount-the-mount-national-trust
Named route Length 600 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Blue Walk Walking route ▾
Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Badger Path public footpath · 830 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 830 m Surface earth Path type: footway
Show on map Golf Course Right of Way public footpath · 249 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 249 m Surface earth Path type: footway
Show on map 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Prittle Brook Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 20 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 20 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 177 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 177 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface cobbles
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 441 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 441 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lime Road bridleway · 42 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 42 m Path type: service
Show on map Mount Road bridleway · 63 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 63 m Path type: service
Show on map Mount Road bridleway · 196 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 196 m Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Field north of Shipwrights Wood
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Wildlife to spot
25,519 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 25,519 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Magpie +47
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Teal Anas crecca Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola2025 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Calathus rotundicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird · Nalassus laevioctostriatus +13
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Eristalis pertinax Deptford Pink
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 25,519 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Magpie +47
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Teal Anas crecca Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Greenshank Tringa nebularia2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Great Tit Parus major2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola2025 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Harvest Mouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus2025 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus 🐝 Insects 18 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Calathus rotundicollis · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · 2-spot Ladybird · Nalassus laevioctostriatus +13
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025 Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Eristalis pertinax Deptford Pink
Deptford Pink Dianthus armeria Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Jersey Tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2025
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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