Manor Farm Wood - Broadleaved woodland
28 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
51.35652, -0.66592
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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 241m away — 12 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 241m away — 12 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 · 13 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
South Farm Lanepublic footpath · 301 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 301 mPath type: track
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Neptune (2)Local cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Dione Trail (Cycle Woking)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef DioneLocal cycle route
Titan TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TitanLocal cycle route
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 252 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 252 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Strawdown Bridgebridleway · 64 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mSurface pavedPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 149 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 149 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 67 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 67 mSurface compactedIncline downPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 379 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 379 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
14,181 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,181 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Greenfinch +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly +15
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse · Shallon
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,181 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird · Greenfinch +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Adder · Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly +15
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse · Shallon
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Beautiful Demoiselle
Beautiful Demoiselle
Calopteryx virgo
Calopteryx virgo
EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisEvents & activities nearby
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