Hog Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland27 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome27 ha
Getting here
51.08203, -0.55489
Open directionsv
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wey-South PathWalking route▾
follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal
Named routeRegional walking route
Sussex Border PathWalking route220 km▾
Named routeLength 220 kmRegional walking route
FP 622public footpath · 1.4 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.4 kmPath type: footway
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Haslemere link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cranleigh link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
BW 635bridleway · 716 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 716 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
7,043 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,043 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Dunnock · Starling · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +34
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Groundsel · Cock's-foot · Aspen · Creeping Thistle · Wood-sedge +104
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,043 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Dunnock · Starling · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw +34
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Groundsel · Cock's-foot · Aspen · Creeping Thistle · Wood-sedge +104
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- AspenPopulus tremula
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas