Broadleaved woodland near Ford End
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.81094, 0.43307
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 50Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route3.3 km▾
Named routeRef 50Length 3.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Dunmow Lanebyway open to all traffic · 2.2 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 2.2 kmSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
1,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,582 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Blackcap · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Goldfinch +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Great TitParus major2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Red Fox
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Gorse Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Figwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,582 records · National Biodiversity NetworkKestrel · Blackcap · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Goldfinch +39
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2021
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2021
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Falco tinnunculus tinnunculusFalco tinnunculus tinnunculus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Great TitParus major2021
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
- SwiftApus apus2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2021
- MagpiePica pica2021
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
Red Fox
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects12 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Helophilus pendulus · Gorse Shieldbug · Dark Bush-cricket · Lesser Stag Beetle +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2021
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Figwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Elater ferrugineusElater ferrugineus2025Elater ferrugineusElater ferrugineus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025MelangynaMelangyna2024MelangynaMelangyna2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2022Events & activities nearby
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