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Esme Wood

13 ha

📷 Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

52.16592, -0.29077

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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
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackbird +86 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wren, Chiffchaff, Blackbird +86 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Scarce Chaser, Banded Demoiselle +35 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Scarce Chaser, Banded Demoiselle +35 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — White Poplar, Wild Onion, False Fox-sedge +12 more · last seen 2025; Plants — White Poplar, Wild Onion, False Fox-sedge +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Kingfisher WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 2 (Turvey to Eaton Socon)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 3 (Eaton Socon to Brandon Creek)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
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Cycling

52 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
Route 12Cycling route
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
NCN 51Cycling route
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route

National Byway route through Cambridgeshire

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Tempsford Road southeast of Birch Wood

📷 Alexander P Kapp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tempsford Road southeast of Birch Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Tempsford Millennium GardenUrban park700 m→✦Barford BridgeHistoric site4 km→✦THE HAZELLSHistoric site4 km→🦉THE RIDDYNature reserve4.7 km→🌱Roxton MazeUrban park2.2 km→✦Palaceyard Wood medieval moated enclosure and associated enclosures, woodland bank and cultivation earthworksHistoric site4.1 km→

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