Esher Common - Conifer woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.34482, -0.37834
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
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Views Walk, ClaremontWalking route1.8 km▾
Named routeLength 1.8 kmLocal walking route
Lake Walk, ClaremontWalking route800 m▾
Named routeLength 800 mRound tripLocal walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
17 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
Spelthorne LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
LCN 33Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 33Local cycle route
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
West Bridgebridleway · 84 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 84 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Photos
Entrance to footbridge over the A3, Esher Common
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Wildlife to spot
23,648 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,648 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Jackdaw · Robin +29
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +6
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Corticeus unicolorCorticeus unicolor
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
- Heather Ladybird
American Skunk-cabbage
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,648 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Jackdaw · Robin +29
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CootFulica atra2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Minotaur Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides +6
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Corticeus unicolorCorticeus unicolor
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
- Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025
- Heather Ladybird
American Skunk-cabbage
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chilocorus bipustulatus2025
Chilocorus bipustulatus2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025