🌞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
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free
Best for
7 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🌿
Foraging
Strong match
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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8 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bookham Common Butterfly Walk, North Downs WestWalking route2.4 km▾
Walk through one of the best woods in England for sighting the elusive purple emperor butterfly, Britain's second largest butterfly, with a wingspan of over 8cm. It was first recorded here in June 2017, and now thrives here thanks to decades of work.
Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
Views Walk, ClaremontWalking route1.8 km▾
Named routeLength 1.8 kmLocal walking route
🚴
Cycling
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17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
Spelthorne LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Stokesheath Road Northbridleway · 566 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 566 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Queens Drivebridleway · 312 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 312 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential