Slough Grove - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.94208, 0.85284
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Colchester Orbital West BWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital West AWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colchester Orbital Spoke (North)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km▾
Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route
St Edmund WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 142kmRegional walking route
Great Horks 18public footpath · 193 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 193 mPath type: footway
Great Horks 20public footpath · 665 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 665 mPath type: footway
Little Horks 19public footpath · 208 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 208 mPath type: footway
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Greenstead to North StationCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Colchester Orbital CycleCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Highwoods RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
South Suffolk Cycle Route A2 (Bures Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef A2Regional cycle route
Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
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