Hoglands Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland8 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
51.88002, 0.34361
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
- 🅿️Parking 454m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Parking 454m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
London to Walsingham - stage 03Walking route▾
Named routeRef LW03Local walking route
31 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Regional Route 50Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route
Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route26 m▾
Named routeLength 26 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route18 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 18 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,086 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,086 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +43
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Jersey Tiger +15
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- PeacockAglais io2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,086 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Blue Tit +43
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Brown Hare · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Large White · Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Jersey Tiger +15
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
- PeacockAglais io2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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