The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.60398, 0.25519
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 22)Walking route▾
"Section 22 of the London LOOP offers a short walk through community woodland and riverside scenery."
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 23)Walking route▾
"Section 23 of the London LOOP offers picturesque views alongside the River Ingrebourne."
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
LOOP link to Havering Green bus stopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
46 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 15Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
25,208 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
25,208 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rook +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Badger
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Box Bug · Cardiastethus fasciiventris · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Rhyzobius litura · Slender-horned Leatherbug +22
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Cardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventris
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Slender-horned LeatherbugCeraleptus lividus
- Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,208 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Rook +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Badger
🐸Amphibians3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Box Bug · Cardiastethus fasciiventris · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Rhyzobius litura · Slender-horned Leatherbug +22
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- Cardiastethus fasciiventrisCardiastethus fasciiventris
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura
- Slender-horned LeatherbugCeraleptus lividus
- Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyzobius forestieri
Rhyzobius forestieri
Rhyzobius forestieri
Rhyzobius forestieri
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