Harrow Weald Common - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.61133, -0.34315
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
- 🌿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 km26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harrow Weald Common Nature TrailWalking route▾
Short walk. Orange waymarking
http://www.harrowncf.org/Harrow_Weald_Nature_Trail.pdf
Named routeLocal walking route
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Elstree & Borehamwood stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Northwick Park tube stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
Wembley to Harrow Weald CyclewayCycling route▾
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LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
16,272 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,272 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Nuthatch · Grey Heron +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Speckled Bush-cricket · Platycheirus albimanus +5
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae
Ivy · Common Ragwort · Sweet Vernal-grass · Hedge Woundwort · False-brome +110
- IvyHedera helix
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,272 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
springautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Nuthatch · Grey Heron +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Field Grasshopper · Speckled Bush-cricket · Platycheirus albimanus +5
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaeUroleucon (Uromelan) jaceae
Ivy · Common Ragwort · Sweet Vernal-grass · Hedge Woundwort · False-brome +110
- IvyHedera helix
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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