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Chamberlain's Wood

5 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

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51.96541, 0.08565

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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
🍄Mushroom 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
🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Candelariella reflexa, Porpidia soredizodes, Candelariella aurella f. aurella +120 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Candelariella reflexa, Porpidia soredizodes, Candelariella aurella f. aurella +120 more · last seen 2015

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +235 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper +235 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Swift, Skylark, Robin +35 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Skylark, Robin +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Spear Thistle, Scarlet Pimpernel +113 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Spear Thistle, Scarlet Pimpernel +113 more · last seen 2021

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km

Long distance path

Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Willoughby Lanebridleway · 1.2 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 1.2 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

2,828 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,828 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winterspring

2025

Swift · Tawny Owl · Barn Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Great Tit +32

SwiftApus apus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Great TitParus major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Barbastelle +3

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
BadgerMeles meles2019
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Large Skipper +32

RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2024
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Psectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus varius
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2021

Pyramidal Orchid · Scarlet Pimpernel · Common Spotted-orchid · Tufted Vetch · Spear Thistle +1

Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,828 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds37 species

winterspring

2025

Swift · Tawny Owl · Barn Owl · Red-legged Partridge · Great Tit +32

SwiftApus apus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
Great TitParus major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2022
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2022
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2021
WhitethroatCurruca communis2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Hedgehog · Badger · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer · Barbastelle +3

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2020
BadgerMeles meles2019
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
BarbastelleBarbastella barbastellus2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2023

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects37 species

summer

2025

Ringlet · Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Small Tortoiseshell · Large Skipper +32

RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Toxonevra muliebrisToxonevra muliebris2024
PeacockAglais io2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Psectrotanypus variusPsectrotanypus varius
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2024
Little SnipeflyChrysopilus asiliformis2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
CinnabarTyria jacobaeae2019
Narrow-bordered Five-spot BurnetZygaena lonicerae2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019

🌿

Plants6 species

summer

2021

Pyramidal Orchid · Scarlet Pimpernel · Common Spotted-orchid · Tufted Vetch · Spear Thistle +1

Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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