Stoke Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.33482, -0.33753
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mole Gap TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Down LinkWalking route▾
Named routeRef TDLRegional walking route
Hogsmill Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef HVWLocal walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 8)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 31Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 31Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle trackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 32Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 32Local cycle route
Photos
Prince's Coverts - Path through New Wood
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Wildlife to spot
9,950 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,950 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Wren +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
White-legged Damselfly · Anisodactylus binotatus · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Stenolophus teutonus +27
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Anisodactylus binotatusAnisodactylus binotatus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Stenolophus teutonusStenolophus teutonus2025
- Xylota segnis
Bugle · Trifid Bur-marigold · Meadow Vetchling · Hairy St John's-wort · Green Hound's-tongue +4
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Green Hound's-tongueCynoglossum germanicum
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
- Wood Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,950 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Robin · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Wren +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Toad
White-legged Damselfly · Anisodactylus binotatus · Eristalis pertinax · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Stenolophus teutonus +27
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2025
- Anisodactylus binotatusAnisodactylus binotatus2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Stenolophus teutonusStenolophus teutonus2025
- Xylota segnis
Bugle · Trifid Bur-marigold · Meadow Vetchling · Hairy St John's-wort · Green Hound's-tongue +4
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Trifid Bur-marigoldBidens tripartita
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
- Green Hound's-tongueCynoglossum germanicum
- Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorumVeronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum
- Wood Spurge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis2025
Metylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosus2025Metylophorus nebulosusMetylophorus nebulosus202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2025Cheilosia variabilisCheilosia variabilis2025Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2025Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Acupalpus exiguusAcupalpus exiguus2025Acupalpus exiguusAcupalpus exiguus2025Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2025Harpalus rubripesHarpalus rubripes2025Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis2025Calathus rotundicollisCalathus rotundicollis2025Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025Bradycellus verbasciBradycellus verbasci2025Macrodema micropterumMacrodema micropterum2025Macrodema micropterumMacrodema micropterum2025Ischnocoris angustulusIschnocoris angustulus2025Ischnocoris angustulusIschnocoris angustulus2025Acupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubius2025Acupalpus dubiusAcupalpus dubius2025Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus2025Oxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurus2025Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea2025Common Sun BeetleAmara aenea2025Rhinoncus castorRhinoncus castor2025Rhinoncus castorRhinoncus castor2025Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus2025Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus2025Megalonotus dilatatusMegalonotus dilatatus2025Megalonotus dilatatusMegalonotus dilatatus2025Trechus obtususTrechus obtusus2025Trechus obtususTrechus obtusus2025Strophosoma capitatumStrophosoma capitatum2025Strophosoma capitatumStrophosoma capitatum2025Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatus2025Syntomus foveatusSyntomus foveatus2025Trixagus dermestoidesTrixagus dermestoides2025Trixagus dermestoidesTrixagus dermestoides2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Euphorbia amygdaloides
Euphorbia amygdaloides
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorumSpring StarflowerTristagma uniflorum