Union Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.78829, 0.12868
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 km10 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Forests WayWalking route96 km▾
Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW02Local walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW03Local walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
45 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
NCN National Route 11Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 11National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route140 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route224 m▾
Named routeLength 224 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route660 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 660 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,894 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Moorhen · Jackdaw +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +6
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Moorhen · Jackdaw +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Willow Emerald Damselfly +6
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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