Normandy Common - Conifer woodland
10 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.26215, -0.67545
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 141m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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 141m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Western)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Puttenham walk (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
33 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Rushmoor Cycle Network [FA]Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Farnham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Route 221Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A3Local cycle route
Blackwater Valley Red RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef redLocal cycle route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km▾
leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford
Named routeLength 13.7 km
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Blackwater Valley Multi-User PathMountain bike route▾
Cycle Surrey Hills - Puttenham LoopMountain bike route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
14,009 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
14,009 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin +41
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Slave-making Ant · Small White · Keeled Skimmer +47
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Slave-making AntFormica sanguinea
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
🌿Plants14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dotted Loosestrife · Hemp-agrimony · Tutsan · Sowbread · Knautia macedonica +9
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2024
- Knautia macedonicaKnautia macedonica2024
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,009 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackcap · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Robin +41
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Meadow Brown · Gatekeeper · Slave-making Ant · Small White · Keeled Skimmer +47
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Slave-making AntFormica sanguinea
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Rhododendron LeafhopperGraphocephala fennahi
🌿Plants14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dotted Loosestrife · Hemp-agrimony · Tutsan · Sowbread · Knautia macedonica +9
- Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata
- Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum
- TutsanHypericum androsaemum
- SowbreadCyclamen hederifolium2024
- Knautia macedonicaKnautia macedonica2024
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusMycetophila aleaMycetophila alea2024Mycetophila aleaMycetophila alea2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Dock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusMeadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelusSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSericomyia silentisSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataGlow-wormLampyris noctilucaGlow-wormLampyris noctiluca24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaCantharis rusticaAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisAthous haemorrhoidalisBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaBroad-barred FusehornArge cyanocroceaMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalisEmpis lividaEmpis lividaEmpis lividaEmpis lividaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusDownlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceusBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusEuceraphis betulaeEuceraphis betulaeEuceraphis betulaeEuceraphis betulaeHarpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracicaHarpocera thoracicaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatusCherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2024Cherry SlugwormCaliroa cerasi2024Zygomyia semifuscaZygomyia semifusca2024Zygomyia semifuscaZygomyia semifusca2024Mycetophila signatoidesMycetophila signatoides2024Mycetophila signatoidesMycetophila signatoides2024Mycetophila unicolorMycetophila unicolor2024Mycetophila unicolorMycetophila unicolor2024Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2024Alder Disc-minerHeterarthrus vagans2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Eupeodes latifasciatusEupeodes latifasciatus2024Brevicornu serenumBrevicornu serenum2024Brevicornu serenumBrevicornu serenum2024Redshank MandrelAmetastegia equiseti2024Redshank MandrelAmetastegia equiseti2024Phronia humeralisPhronia humeralis2024Phronia humeralisPhronia humeralis2024Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2024Brevicornu sericomaBrevicornu sericoma2024Cinara (Cinara) pineaCinara (Cinara) pinea2024Cinara (Cinara) pineaCinara (Cinara) pinea2024Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024Tipula maximaTipula maxima2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2024Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia20242024
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Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2024Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2024Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2024Creeping-JennyLysimachia nummularia2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024Slender RushJuncus tenuis2024Slender RushJuncus tenuis2024White PoplarPopulus alba2024White PoplarPopulus alba2024