Broadleaved woodland near Prittlewell
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.55710, 0.72425
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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
- 🌿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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53Local cycle route
Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57Local cycle route
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Prittle Brook CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
9,592 records · National Biodiversity Network
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- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2023
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- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus2025
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- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
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2026▾
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- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
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springwinter
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- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2022
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