Warren Spring - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.89299, -0.19720
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 256m away — 20 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 256m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 12
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
Monkswood Lanepublic footpath · 120 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 120 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
58,314 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
58,314 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +38
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Western Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Sallow Pea-galler +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Heath Star Moss
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
58,314 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Magpie +38
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals4 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Western Bee-fly · Green Shieldbug · Cream-streaked Ladybird · Sallow Pea-galler +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Western Bee-flyBombylius canescens
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025
- Sallow Pea-gallerEuura pedunculi2025
Heath Star Moss
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dock Bug
Dock Bug
Coreus marginatus2025
Coreus marginatus2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Events & activities nearby
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