Collens Leg Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.90189, -0.15977
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 300m 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 300m away — 2 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 km21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Weston Golden Jubilee WalkWalking route▾
36 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
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Charlie Piddle's Lanerestricted byway · 233 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 233 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Sheaf Green Lanebridleway · 36 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 36 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Clark's Bandley Lanerestricted byway · 97 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 97 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Sheaf Green Lanebridleway · 136 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 136 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
Sheaf Green Lanebridleway · 198 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 198 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
27,088 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,088 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Robin +33
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- EupeodesEupeodes
Lesser Celandine · Early Dog-violet · Bee Orchid · Lungwort · Slender Speedwell +5
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,088 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Starling · Robin +33
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Soprano Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects14 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly +9
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- EupeodesEupeodes
Lesser Celandine · Early Dog-violet · Bee Orchid · Lungwort · Slender Speedwell +5
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- LungwortPulmonaria officinalis
- Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus lapidarius
Bombus lapidarius
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusWool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatumWool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatumRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisRed-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornisHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaNon-biting midgesChironomidaeNon-biting midgesChironomidaeRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaWood AnemoneAnemone nemorosaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta