Mountain Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland32 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome32 ha
Getting here
51.24346, -0.43785
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 on site — 8 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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 km28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Effingham walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Prospects of Polesden (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ranmore Circular (SCC)Walking route9.5 km▾
Named routeLength 9.5 kmLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A3Local cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cranleigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newlands Corner Bombholes 3Mountain bike route▾
Newlands Corner BombholesMountain bike route▾
Summer LightningMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Newlands Corner Bombholes 2Mountain bike route▾
The TubeMountain bike route▾
16 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 103bridleway · 230 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 230 mPath type: bridleway
BW 103abridleway · 312 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 312 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
BW 103bridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmSurface groundPath type: bridleway
Sheepwalk Lane (BY 104)byway open to all traffic · 1.6 km▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 1.6 kmSurface unpavedPath type: track
BW 104bridleway · 381 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 381 mSurface groundIncline downPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
27,957 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,957 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Crossbill · Goldcrest · Great Tit · Wren +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rufous Grasshopper +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
White Helleborine · Wild Strawberry · Stinking Hellebore · Sweet Violet · Spurge-laurel +3
- White HelleborineCephalanthera damasonium2025
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
- Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,957 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blue Tit · Crossbill · Goldcrest · Great Tit · Wren +28
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians2 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle · Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Rufous Grasshopper +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Rufous GrasshopperGomphocerippus rufus
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
🌿Plants8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
White Helleborine · Wild Strawberry · Stinking Hellebore · Sweet Violet · Spurge-laurel +3
- White HelleborineCephalanthera damasonium2025
- Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
- Deadly NightshadeAtropa belladonna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaLarge Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfianaLarge Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfianaEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBlack ClockPterostichus madidusBlack ClockPterostichus madidus2025
2025
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025Yellow Bird's-nestHypopitys monotropa2025Yellow Bird's-nestHypopitys monotropa2025Events & activities nearby
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