Great Hyde Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.82592, 0.49584
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: Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
John Ray WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Notley Link PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef (16)National Cycle Network
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
(50)Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network link route between NCN 16 and Regional Route 50
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 16Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Whites Lanebridleway · 95 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 95 mSurface pavedPath type: unclassified
Rochester Farm Bridgebridleway · 55 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 55 mSurface pavedPath type: bridleway
Photos
Whites Lane leading to Great Leighs
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Wildlife to spot
12,942 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,942 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Mallard · Great Tit · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Scarce Chaser · Cantharis rustica · Four-spotted Chaser +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,942 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Mallard · Great Tit · Moorhen · Woodpigeon +41
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springautumn
2026▾
Fallow Deer · Muntjac · Brown Rat · Rabbit
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Scarce Chaser · Cantharis rustica · Four-spotted Chaser +15
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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