Cold Shaw - Conifer woodland 2 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › London › Bromley Getting here
51.37847, -0.03532
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Wandle Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Greenwich Meridian Trail Walking route 440 km ▾
A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.
Named route Ref GMT Length 440 km Regional walking route
Show on map Waterlink Way Walking route 12 km ▾
Walking & cycling route in Lewisham borough, following the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne (Deptford Creek). Forms the northernmost section of Walk Wheel Cycle Trust's National Cycle Route 21 (Eastbourne to the Thames)
Named route Ref WW Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring (section 03) - alternative avoiding steps in Walking route ▾
alternative avoiding steps in Beckenham Place Park
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Hayes station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 168 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 213 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 213 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 62 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 62 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 (parallel Croydon route) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (75) Local cycle route
Show on map Route 212 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 212 Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Track in the woods west of the Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, BR3 (2)
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Wildlife to spot
34,445 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,445 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Mallard +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Red Kite Milvus milvus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Speckled Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Marmalade Hoverfly · Black Clock · Rhododendron Leafhopper +8
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,445 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 46 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · House Sparrow · Mallard +41
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Buzzard Buteo buteo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Little Owl Athene noctua Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Red Kite Milvus milvus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Wood Mouse
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Slow-worm
🐸 Amphibians 2 species
spring
2025 ▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris Speckled Bush-cricket · Common Darter · Marmalade Hoverfly · Black Clock · Rhododendron Leafhopper +8
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025 Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Black Clock Pterostichus madidus Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi2025 Red-legged Shieldbug Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Pentatoma rufipes2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Eriosoma lanuginosum Eriosoma lanuginosum2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Meadow Grasshopper Pseudochorthippus parallelus2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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