Hazel Wood - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
52.05983, 1.09026
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 164m away — 16 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 164m away — 16 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Fonnereau WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Fynn Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Gipping Valley River PathWalking route▾
115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Route 12ACycling route▾
Named routeRef 12ALocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
9,832 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,832 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Moorhen · Wren +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Polydrusus formosus +8
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · Common Chickweed +61
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,832 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
springsummer
2026▾
Blue Tit · Magpie · Robin · Moorhen · Wren +29
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Polydrusus formosus +8
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
Yorkshire-fog · Dove's-foot Crane's-bill · Creeping Thistle · Yarrow · Common Chickweed +61
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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