Walton Common - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.36014, -0.43359
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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
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Venus TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef VenusLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
13,021 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,021 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Tufted Duck · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ampedus balteatus · Epistrophe eligans · Tawny Mining Bee · Water Measurer · Agrypnia varia +15
- Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
- Agrypnia variaAgrypnia varia2025
- Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,021 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Tufted Duck · Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit +41
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common GullLarus canus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwiftApus apus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- CootFulica atra
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Ampedus balteatus · Epistrophe eligans · Tawny Mining Bee · Water Measurer · Agrypnia varia +15
- Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus2025
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Water MeasurerHydrometra stagnorum2025
- Agrypnia variaAgrypnia varia2025
- Dolichovespula mediaDolichovespula media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Uloma culinarisUloma culinaris2025Uloma culinarisUloma culinaris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2025Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2025Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Dalopius marginatusDalopius marginatus2025Dalopius marginatusDalopius marginatus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Leistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbis2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus2025Platystomos albinusPlatystomos albinus2025Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2025Events & activities nearby
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