Upper Kitching Spring - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.90273, -0.22195
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
- 🅿️Meadway Playing Fields 227m away — 12 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
- 🅿️Meadway Playing Fields 227m away — 12 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
Named hiking route nearby: STOOP Link Path 6 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km24 signed routes nearby · 2 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▾
37 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional 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
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Chadwell Roadbridleway · 368 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 368 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Dyes Lanebridleway · 264 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 264 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Chadwell Roadbridleway · 53 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 53 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Dyes Lanebridleway · 276 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 276 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Shepherds Lanebridleway · 122 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 122 mSurface groundPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
31,390 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,390 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Dock Bug · Syrphus ribesii · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker +3
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Heath Star Moss · Scarlet Pimpernel
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,390 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Carrion Crow · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +37
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
🦌Mammals5 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac · Fallow Deer · Grey Squirrel · Brown Hare · Rabbit
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Field Grasshopper · Dock Bug · Syrphus ribesii · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker +3
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
Heath Star Moss · Scarlet Pimpernel
- Heath Star MossCampylopus introflexus
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pterostichus niger
Pterostichus niger
Pterostichus niger
Pterostichus niger
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