Alder Car - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.84707, 1.16829
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
- 🅿️Thorpe-le-Soken station 329m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Thorpe-le-Soken station 329m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hall Lanepublic footpath · 89 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 89 mPath type: track
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 150Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 150National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route378 m▾
Named routeRef 150Length 378 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 150Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route38 m▾
Named routeRef 150Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route672 m▾
Named routeRef 150Length 672 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route71 m▾
Named routeRef 150Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Lodge Roadbridleway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmSurface pavedPath type: track
Photos
Byways, Thorpe Park Lane, Thorpe-le-Soken
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Wildlife to spot
8,118 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,118 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +40
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedshankTringa totanus
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Chinese Water Deer
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Epistrophe eligans · Volucella pellucens
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Hemlock · Spear Thistle · Common Ragwort · Elder · Sharp-leaved Fluellen +86
- HemlockConium maculatum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,118 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw +40
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RedshankTringa totanus
- TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
Chinese Water Deer
- Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Jersey Tiger · Epistrophe eligans · Volucella pellucens
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2024
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023
Hemlock · Spear Thistle · Common Ragwort · Elder · Sharp-leaved Fluellen +86
- HemlockConium maculatum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Sharp-leaved FluellenKickxia elatine
- Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
- Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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