🌞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 nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking
Best for
9 activities
🦉
Wildlife
Strong match
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅
Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🌿
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲
Forest walks
Good match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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19 signed routes nearby · 41 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Beare Green walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capel walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Leith Hill GreenwayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Holmwood Common Family Activitiy Trail, Holmwood CommonWalking route5 km▾
Gentle trail around Holmwood Common with dappled woodland & sunny clearings stretching over 650 acres. A great place to tick off the ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’. Signposted & easy to follow with hard, sealed paths suitable all year round.
Named routeLength 5 kmDuration 02:30-03:30Round tripLocal walking route
FP 272public footpath · 8 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 8 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
FP 272public footpath · 55 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 55 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway
Norfolk Lanepublic footpath · 264 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 264 mPath type: residential
🚴
Cycling
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43 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A24 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Im Still StandingCycling route▾
Named route
RegurgitatorCycling route▾
Named route
Holmwood Common_Circular TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Leigh Hill link
Named routeRegional cycle route
🚵
Mountain biking
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6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The GardenMountain bike route▾
Named route
Route 66Mountain bike route▾
Named route
Summer LightningMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Toad of Toad HallMountain bike route▾
Named route
CaspersMountain bike route▾
Named route
Windy WillowsMountain bike route▾
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
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8 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 260bridleway · 291 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 291 mPath type: bridleway
BW 260bridleway · 152 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 152 mPath type: bridleway
Folly Lanebridleway · 104 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 104 mPath type: residential
Redlands Lanebridleway · 563 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 563 mSurface unpavedPath type: track
Folly Lanebridleway · 286 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 286 mPath type: service
