Spice Pits Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.62102, 0.21629
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named hiking route nearby: London LOOP (Section 21)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
LOOP link to Havering Green bus stopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 20)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 60Cycling route▾
One of the LCN's "orbital routes in north east London". LCN60 was supposed to reach Harold Hill, but never made it that far.
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 58Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
The London LOOP north of Harold Hill
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Wildlife to spot
8,468 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,468 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker +8
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Grass Snake · Adder · Pond Terrapin
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- AdderVipera berus
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians4 species
autumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil +41
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,468 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCanada Goose · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker +8
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Fallow Deer · Hedgehog · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
Grass Snake · Adder · Pond Terrapin
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
- AdderVipera berus
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta
🐸Amphibians4 species
autumn
2026▾
Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2025
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Adonis' Ladybird · Pea-leaf Weevil +41
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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