The Warren - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.63179, 0.01485
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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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Oak TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
LOOP link to Enfield Lock stationWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
144 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route (12)Cycling route▾
Alternative (step-free) route avoiding railway bridge
Named routeRef (12)Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Cycleway 26Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C26Regional 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
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
59,578 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
59,578 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SmewMergellus albellus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians5 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Water Scorpion · Myrmica scabrinodis · Elaphrus cupreus · Notiophilus biguttatus +17
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Elaphrus cupreusElaphrus cupreus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
- Euophryum confine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
59,578 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Tufted Duck · Magpie · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull +41
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- TealAnas crecca
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SmewMergellus albellus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians5 species
winterspring
2026▾
Palmate Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad · Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Water Scorpion · Myrmica scabrinodis · Elaphrus cupreus · Notiophilus biguttatus +17
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Water ScorpionNepa cinerea
- Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
- Elaphrus cupreusElaphrus cupreus
- Notiophilus biguttatusNotiophilus biguttatus
- Paranchus albipesParanchus albipes
- Euophryum confine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Euophryum confine
Euophryum confine
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