Little Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.95859, 0.88877
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 km3 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
St Edmund WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 142kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Essex Waypublic footpath · 728 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 728 mPath type: footway
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Highwoods RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route A2 (Bures Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef A2Regional cycle route
South Suffolk Cycle Route A3 (Boxford Link)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef A3Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Wolf WayCycling route400 km▾
Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Great Horkesley Footpath 4
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Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · House Martin · Song Thrush · Little Owl · Garden Warbler +2
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Nysius
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- NysiusNysius2022
Japanese Knotweed · Greater Pond-sedge · Creeping Bent · Pink Water-speedwell · Reed Sweet-grass +19
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2023
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
- Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2023
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2023
- MedickMedicago sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,025 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · House Martin · Song Thrush · Little Owl · Garden Warbler +2
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwiftApus apus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Brown Long-eared Bat · Pipistrelle Bat species
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2022
Stag Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Nysius
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2023
- NysiusNysius2022
Japanese Knotweed · Greater Pond-sedge · Creeping Bent · Pink Water-speedwell · Reed Sweet-grass +19
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
- Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia2023
- Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2023
- Pink Water-speedwellVeronica catenata2023
- Reed Sweet-grassGlyceria maxima2023
- MedickMedicago sativa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas