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Open directionsv Chertsey Bridge is a road bridge across the River Thames in Surrey, England. It carries the B375 road, connecting Chertsey in the borough of Runnymede to Laleham in the borough of Spelthorne. It is 550 yards (500 m) downstream from the M3 motorway bridge over the Thames and is close to Chertsey Lock.
Read more on Wikipedia → Road bridge scheduled monument c. 1785
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Peregrine ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 185m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Peregrine ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🛝 Playground 185m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Paid 🛝 Playground
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Peregrine, Carrion Crow +73 more · last seen 2025
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🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Stag Beetle, Field Grasshopper, Banded Demoiselle +139 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking 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 route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Basingstoke Canal Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map Mead Lane public footpath · 31 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 31 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map Mead Lane public footpath · 9 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 9 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map Mead Lane public footpath · 11 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 11 m Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map 115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mars Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mars Local cycle route
Show on map Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
18,807 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 18,807 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Firecrest · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Dartford Warbler +43
Peregrine Falco peregrinus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Martin Delichon urbicum Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Herring Gull Larus argentatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackbird Turdus merula Common Tern Sterna hirundo Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Woodlark Lullula arborea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Rock Dove Columba livia Common Gull Larus canus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Swallow Hirundo rustica Sand Martin Riparia riparia Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Hobby Falco subbuteo Swift Apus apus Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 🐝 Insects 31 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Iris Weevil · Eupeodes luniger · Field Grasshopper +26
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 18,807 records · National Biodiversity Network Peregrine · Firecrest · Great Tit · Woodpigeon · Dartford Warbler +43
Peregrine Falco peregrinus Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Great Tit Parus major Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Robin Erithacus rubecula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Jackdaw Coloeus monedula House Martin Delichon urbicum Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Herring Gull Larus argentatus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Mute Swan Cygnus olor Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blackbird Turdus merula Common Tern Sterna hirundo Jay Garrulus glandarius Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Woodlark Lullula arborea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Rock Dove Columba livia Common Gull Larus canus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Swallow Hirundo rustica Sand Martin Riparia riparia Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Hobby Falco subbuteo Swift Apus apus Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 🦌 Mammals 3 species
spring autumn winter
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Fallow Deer
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2025 Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Fallow Deer Dama dama2025 🐝 Insects 31 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Iris Weevil · Eupeodes luniger · Field Grasshopper +26
Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum2025 Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger2025 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Closterotomus trivialis Closterotomus trivialis2025
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Temnothorax nylanderi Temnothorax nylanderi
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus2025
Anthocomus rufus Anthocomus rufus2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
Beautiful Demoiselle Calopteryx virgo2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger2025
Geotrupes spiniger Geotrupes spiniger2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes corollae2025
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri2025
Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci2025
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2025
Agrypnus murinus Agrypnus murinus2025
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2025
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Syritta pipiens Syritta pipiens2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 