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📷 Allen Beattie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 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 452m 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 452m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Pochard, Shoveler, Wigeon +60 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +55 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Green Shieldbug +55 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Capital Ring link to Clapton StationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Capital Ring (Section 13)Walking route

Alternative step-free route in Springfield Park

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

143 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Cycleway 26Cycling route

Named routeRef C26Regional cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CLocal cycle route

Route CCycling route

Named routeRef CRegional cycle route

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

41,764 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

41,764 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Moorhen +39

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Platycheirus · Syrphus ribesii

PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

41,764 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winter

2026

Pochard · Shoveler · Wigeon · Black Redstart · Moorhen +39

PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common GullLarus canus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2026

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Platycheirus · Syrphus ribesii

PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Allen Beattie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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