Harrow Weald Common - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.61911, -0.34230
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 km27 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
60 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
17,283 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,283 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Woodpecker · Grey Heron · Robin · Jackdaw · Magpie +7
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red Fox · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Dock Bug · Common Carder Bee · Speckled Bush-cricket · Platycheirus albimanus · Mesembrina meridiana
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Meadow Buttercup · Ivy · Hard Rush · Hawthorn · Goldilocks Buttercup +112
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- IvyHedera helix
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,283 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Woodpecker · Grey Heron · Robin · Jackdaw · Magpie +7
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Red Fox · Muntjac
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Dock Bug · Common Carder Bee · Speckled Bush-cricket · Platycheirus albimanus · Mesembrina meridiana
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
Meadow Buttercup · Ivy · Hard Rush · Hawthorn · Goldilocks Buttercup +112
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- IvyHedera helix
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Goldilocks ButtercupRanunculus auricomus
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas