Horsell Common - Conifer woodland 7 ha
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🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › South East › Woking Getting here
51.33515, -0.57052
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 ☕ Heather Farm Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ 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 ☕ Heather Farm Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Canons and Cornmills Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Papercourt Lock to Triggs Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 9.6 km ▾
Starting from Papercourt, this walk is based in Send, where the River Wey Navigations has its navigation workshops. On this flat route you'll find locks from the 1760s and ponds and meadows that are important for the local wildlife. Flat & easy walking.
Named route Length 9.6 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local 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 Cheapside public footpath · 29 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 29 m Surface gravel Path type: service
Show on map Cheapside public footpath · 272 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 272 m Surface unpaved Path type: residential
Show on map Cheapside public footpath · 10 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 10 m Surface asphalt Path type: service
Show on map 119 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Neptune (2) Local cycle route
Show on map Mars Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mars Local cycle route
Show on map Phobos Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Phobos Local cycle route
Show on map Mimas Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mimas Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Oberon Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Oberon Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
38,159 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 38,159 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Robin +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Pterostichus vernalis · Melanostoma · Ulopa reticulata · Heather Weevil +6
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Pterostichus vernalis Pterostichus vernalis Melanostoma Melanostoma Ulopa reticulata Ulopa reticulata Heather Weevil Strophosoma sus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Cord-moss · Bog Groove-moss · Heath Star Moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Common Chickweed +2
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Bud-headed Groove-moss Aulacomnium androgynum Common Chickweed Stellaria media2025 Common Bent Agrostis capillaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 38,159 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Canada Goose · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Robin +40
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus2025 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 11 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Pterostichus vernalis · Melanostoma · Ulopa reticulata · Heather Weevil +6
Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Pterostichus vernalis Pterostichus vernalis Melanostoma Melanostoma Ulopa reticulata Ulopa reticulata Heather Weevil Strophosoma sus Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus 🌿 Plants 7 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Common Cord-moss · Bog Groove-moss · Heath Star Moss · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Common Chickweed +2
Common Cord-moss Funaria hygrometrica Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre Heath Star Moss Campylopus introflexus Bud-headed Groove-moss Aulacomnium androgynum Common Chickweed Stellaria media2025 Common Bent Agrostis capillaris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis 2025
2025
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi2025
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi2025 