Martin's Wood - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.92137, -0.16734
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
35,071 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,071 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Robin +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Lesser Stag Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · White Dead-nettle · Early Dog-violet · Cow Parsley +8
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,071 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Robin +29
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Lesser Stag Beetle +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Red Dead-nettle · Lesser Celandine · White Dead-nettle · Early Dog-violet · Cow Parsley +8
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- AshFraxinus excelsior
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tortoise Bug
Tortoise Bug
Eurygaster testudinaria2025
Eurygaster testudinaria2025
SarcophagaSarcophaga2025SarcophagaSarcophaga2025Elater ferrugineusElater ferrugineus2025Elater ferrugineusElater ferrugineus2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025Greater PeriwinkleVinca majorGreater PeriwinkleVinca majorHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaGreater StitchwortStellaria holosteaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosa