Horsell Common - Broadleaved woodland 38 ha
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🦋 Insects🦅 Birds🐶 Dogs
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 38 ha
Places › England › South East › Woking Getting here
51.33738, -0.56340
Open directionsv 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 nearby — easy to reach by car 🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking· Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby · 22 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Canons and Cornmills Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Papercourt Lock to Triggs Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 9.6 km ▾
Starting from Papercourt, this walk is based in Send, where the River Wey Navigations has its navigation workshops. On this flat route you'll find locks from the 1760s and ponds and meadows that are important for the local wildlife. Flat & easy walking.
Named route Length 9.6 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Cheapside public footpath · 29 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 29 m Surface gravel Path type: service
Show on map Cheapside public footpath · 272 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 272 m Surface unpaved Path type: residential
Show on map Bonsey's Lane public footpath · 1 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 1 km Surface unpaved Path type: footway
Show on map 118 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Neptune (2) Local cycle route
Show on map Mars Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mars Local cycle route
Show on map Phobos Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Phobos Local cycle route
Show on map Mimas Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mimas Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Oberon Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Oberon Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
18 public paths nearby
Public paths
Youngstroat Lane bridleway · 14 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 14 m Surface wood Path type: bridleway
Show on map Youngstroat Lane bridleway · 283 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 283 m Surface compacted Path type: bridleway
Show on map Youngstroat Lane bridleway · 9 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 9 m Surface paved Path type: track
Show on map Youngstroat Lane bridleway · 184 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 184 m Surface compacted Path type: track
Show on map Youngstroat Lane bridleway · 7 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 7 m Surface paved Path type: bridleway
Show on map Photos Field entrance off Horsell Common
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39,004 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 39,004 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Robin +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pterostichus vernalis · Melanostoma · Ulopa reticulata · Heather Weevil · Nalassus laevioctostriatus +5
Pterostichus vernalis Pterostichus vernalis Melanostoma Melanostoma Ulopa reticulata Ulopa reticulata Heather Weevil Strophosoma sus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Common Cord-moss · Bog Groove-moss · Heath Star Moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Common Chickweed
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Bud-headed Groove-moss Aulacomnium androgynum Common Chickweed Stellaria media2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 39,004 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Canada Goose · Carrion Crow · Robin +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 10 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Pterostichus vernalis · Melanostoma · Ulopa reticulata · Heather Weevil · Nalassus laevioctostriatus +5
Pterostichus vernalis Pterostichus vernalis Melanostoma Melanostoma Ulopa reticulata Ulopa reticulata Heather Weevil Strophosoma sus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus Common Cord-moss · Bog Groove-moss · Heath Star Moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Common Chickweed
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Bud-headed Groove-moss Aulacomnium androgynum Common Chickweed Stellaria media2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis 