The Heath - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.35677, -0.45101
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
Canons and CornmillsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking 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 routeRef E2International walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
82 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mimas TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef MimasLocal cycle route
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Ceres TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ceres (1)Local cycle route
Deimos TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Deimos (6)Local cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
14,726 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,726 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Epistrophe eligans · Tawny Mining Bee · Water Measurer · Agrypnia varia · Dolichovespula media +2
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
- Agrypnia variaAgrypnia varia2025
- Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,726 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Robin · Woodpigeon · Tufted Duck +43
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Epistrophe eligans · Tawny Mining Bee · Water Measurer · Agrypnia varia · Dolichovespula media +2
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
- Agrypnia variaAgrypnia varia2025
- Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas