Reed's Forest - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.61724, 0.02434
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
- ☕Eat Wells — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☕Eat Wells — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Beech TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pymmes Brook TrailWalking route▾
This is the revised 2018 route, which starts at Hadley Green and finishes at Tottenham Lock, near Tottenham Hale station.
Named routeLocal walking route
78 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route
Cycleway 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route
River Lea NavigationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route▾
Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
Cycleway 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C1Regional cycle route
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View of the rear of houses on Mornington Road from the path from Epping Forest
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Wildlife to spot
44,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
44,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Coot · Mallard · Magpie +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WryneckJynx torquilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Back-Swimmer · Batman Hoverfly · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Epistrophe eligans +8
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Back-SwimmerNotonecta
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Water Scorpion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,310 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Coot · Mallard · Magpie +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WryneckJynx torquilla2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winter
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Back-Swimmer · Batman Hoverfly · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Epistrophe eligans +8
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Back-SwimmerNotonecta
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Water Scorpion
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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