The Strip - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.87938, 0.95542
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Colchester Orbital West AWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (North)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (West)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (South)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km▾
Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route
Boundary Road (Col 236)public footpath · 725 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 725 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Wiv 4public footpath · 111 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 111 mSurface unpavedPath type: footway
119 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Greenstead to North StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Colchester Orbital CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (South-East)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital Cycle Spoke (North East)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
40,154 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
40,154 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds121 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Nightingale · Red Kite · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +116
Water Vole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Otter +3
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🦎Reptiles3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common Carp
- Common CarpCyprinus carpio
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Firebug +37
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Stag Beetle
Cuckooflower · Field Forget-me-not · Wood Anemone
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
40,154 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds121 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Mallard · Nightingale · Red Kite · Mute Swan · Canada Goose +116
Water Vole · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Otter +3
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
🦎Reptiles3 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard · Pond Terrapin
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
summer
2024▾
Common Frog · Great Crested Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Common Carp
- Common CarpCyprinus carpio
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Firebug +37
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus2025
- Stag Beetle
Cuckooflower · Field Forget-me-not · Wood Anemone
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lucanus cervus2025
Lucanus cervus2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusViolet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceusCommaPolygonia c-album2025CommaPolygonia c-album2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2025PeacockAglais io2025PeacockAglais io2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025Stenagostus rhombeusStenagostus rhombeus2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Brown ChaferSerica brunnea2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2025Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2025Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatus2025Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatus2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025Iris WeevilMononychus punctumalbum2025EupeodesEupeodes2024EupeodesEupeodes2024PolleniaPollenia2024PolleniaPollenia2024Cerapheles terminatusCerapheles terminatus2024Cerapheles terminatusCerapheles terminatus2024Rhynchites auratusRhynchites auratus2024Rhynchites auratusRhynchites auratus2024Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus2024Legnotus limbosusLegnotus limbosus2024Events & activities nearby
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