Ash Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.58778, 0.04251
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 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 14)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
86 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LeawayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Cycleway 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route
Photos
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Wildlife to spot
12,556 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,556 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Robin · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +28
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Scarce Chaser +33
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Byturus ochraceusByturus ochraceus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,556 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Magpie · Rock Dove · Robin · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +28
- MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Syrphus · Green Shieldbug · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Scarce Chaser +33
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Byturus ochraceusByturus ochraceus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas