Heriot's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.61482, -0.33329
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 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▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
LCN 89Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 89Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
22,775 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,775 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Grey Heron +7
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Speckled Bush-cricket · Platycheirus albimanus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Mesembrina meridiana +1
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Ivy · Common Ragwort · Sweet Vernal-grass · Hedge Woundwort · False-brome +112
- 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
22,775 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Nuthatch · Grey Heron +7
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Carder Bee · Speckled Bush-cricket · Platycheirus albimanus · Meliscaeva auricollis · Mesembrina meridiana +1
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Ivy · Common Ragwort · Sweet Vernal-grass · Hedge Woundwort · False-brome +112
- 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
