High Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.61652, 0.08392
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 29 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Brook Mewspublic footpath · 44 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 44 mPath type: residential
Brook Paradepublic footpath · 13 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 13 mPath type: unclassified
Brook Waypublic footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mPath type: residential
26 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route
Cycleway 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route▾
Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,477 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,477 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Wren · Blue Tit +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
🐝Insects59 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Square-spot Rustic · Large Yellow Underwing · Field Grasshopper +54
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,477 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Wren · Blue Tit +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
🐝Insects59 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Square-spot Rustic · Large Yellow Underwing · Field Grasshopper +54
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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