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Effingham House

✦ Ancient woodland15 ha

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha

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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
🅿️Parking 267m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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
🅿️Parking 267m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — White Helleborine, Spurge-laurel, Common Twayblade +6 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +112 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Dark-edged Bee-fly +112 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

31 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Greensand WayWalking route

Named routeRef GWRegional walking route

Chalk Pit Walk, Polesden LaceyWalking route2.4 km

Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route

Ranmore Common Walk, Polesden LaceyWalking route6.4 km

Named routeLength 6.4 kmDuration 02:30Round tripLocal walking route

New Forage Walk, Hatchlands ParkWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mDuration 00:30Point-to-pointLocal walking route

Leith Hill GreenwayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

The Warrenpublic footpath · 65 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 65 mPath type: residential

FP 106public footpath · 204 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 204 mPath type: footway

Rowbarns Waypublic footpath · 188 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 188 mPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

34 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

A3 Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef A3Local cycle route

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Woking and Egham link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Leigh Hill link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Cycle route consisting of main loop plus link routes

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route528 m

Named routeRef 22Length 528 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

The TubeMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

BW 131bridleway · 94 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 94 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway

BW 132bridleway · 641 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 641 mPath type: bridleway

Salmons Road (BW 121)bridleway · 279 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 279 mSurface unpavedPath type: service

BW 121bridleway · 103 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 103 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway

Salmons Road (BW 121)bridleway · 12 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 12 mSurface asphaltPath type: service

Wildlife to spot

23,289 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

23,289 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Goldcrest · Great Tit · Wren · Nuthatch +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +8

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants7 species

winterspringsummer

2026

White Helleborine · Ground-ivy · Wild Strawberry · Stinking Hellebore · Sweet Violet +2

White HelleborineCephalanthera damasonium2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

23,289 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Blue Tit · Goldcrest · Great Tit · Wren · Nuthatch +33

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumnwinter

2025

Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Feral Cat

Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Feral CatFelis catus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winter

2026

Common Toad · Common Frog

Common ToadBufo bufo
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects13 species

summerautumn

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Dock Bug · Roesel's Bush-cricket +8

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Large Scabious Mining BeeAndrena hattorfiana
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis

🌿

Plants7 species

winterspringsummer

2026

White Helleborine · Ground-ivy · Wild Strawberry · Stinking Hellebore · Sweet Violet +2

White HelleborineCephalanthera damasonium2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Colin Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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