Coombe Wood - Broadleaved woodland 3 ha
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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 3 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Castle Point Getting here
51.56187, 0.56402
Open directionsv 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 welcomeDogs 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 km 5 signed routes nearby · 3 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 ▾
Thames Estuary Path Walking route 46.6 km ▾
Named route Length 46.6 km National 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
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Signed route nearby
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 1.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 1.6 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 41 m ▾
Named route Ref 16 Length 41 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface concrete
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Public paths
Rhoda Road North bridleway · 109 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 109 m Surface dirt Path type: track
Show on map Bowers Road bridleway · 51 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 51 m Path type: service
Show on map Clarence Road bridleway · 64 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 64 m Path type: service
Show on map Downer Road bridleway · 44 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 44 m Surface unpaved Path type: service
Show on map Downer Road bridleway · 8 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 8 m Surface unpaved Path type: service
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Bookable tours Wildlife to spot
12,778 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,778 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Swift +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Water Vole · Badger · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2025 Badger Meles meles2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Adder · Slow-worm
Adder Vipera berus2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 29 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Marbled White · Dock Bug · Hornet Hoverfly +24
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Marbled White Melanargia galathea serena2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,778 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Swift +37
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Great Tit Parus major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2024 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2024 Rook Corvus frugilegus2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2023 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2023 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Red Fox · Water Vole · Badger · Grey Squirrel
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Water Vole Arvicola amphibius2025 Badger Meles meles2024 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2023 Adder · Slow-worm
Adder Vipera berus2025 Slow-worm Anguis fragilis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Smooth Newt · Common Frog
Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 29 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
7-spot Ladybird · Glow-worm · Marbled White · Dock Bug · Hornet Hoverfly +24
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Marbled White Melanargia galathea serena2025 Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025 Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Green Shieldbug
Green Shieldbug
Palomena prasina2025
Palomena prasina2025
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus2025
Leopoldius signatus Leopoldius signatus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Rosemary Beetle Chrysolina americana2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Large White Pieris brassicae2025
Large White Pieris brassicae2025
Green-veined White Pieris napi2025
Green-veined White Pieris napi2025
Peacock Aglais io2025
Peacock Aglais io2025
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2025
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2024
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2024
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2024
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2023 