Chilworth Gunpowder Works
25 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome25 ha
Getting here
51.21780, -0.52710
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +71 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker +33 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km17 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Western)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Guildford Nature TrailWalking route▾
Scholar's TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Vera's Pathpublic footpath · 128 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 128 mSurface dirtPath type: path
Vera's Pathpublic footpath · 345 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 345 mPath type: path
Vera's Pathpublic footpath · 98 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 98 mSurface gravelPath type: path
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A3Local cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Guildford to Chertsey
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newlands Corner Bombholes 3Mountain bike route▾
Summer MadnessMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Otters to SupernovaMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Northern MonkeyMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Charlie Bronson (Gunbucket)Mountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Lovely LegsMountain bike route▾
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
22 public paths nearby
Public paths
Lockner Farm Lanebridleway · 9 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 9 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Lockner Farm Lanebridleway · 76 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 76 mSurface gravelPath type: unclassified
Dorking Roadbridleway · 83 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 83 mPath type: residential
BW 610bridleway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmSurface groundPath type: bridleway
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Bug hotel at Chilworth Gunpowder Works
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Wildlife to spot
24,667 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,667 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Wren +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
Cuckooflower · Ground-ivy · Viola odorata var. dumetorum · Cleavers · White Dead-nettle +3
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,667 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Wren +46
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Common GullLarus canus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CootFulica atra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · 7-spot Ladybird · Minotaur Beetle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
Cuckooflower · Ground-ivy · Viola odorata var. dumetorum · Cleavers · White Dead-nettle +3
- CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Viola odorata var. dumetorumViola odorata var. dumetorum
- CleaversGalium aparine
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Red Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lamium purpureum
Lamium purpureum
Bulbous ComfreySymphytum bulbosumBulbous ComfreySymphytum bulbosum