Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.43388, -0.35824
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 307m 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 307m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: London LOOP (Section 9)
Free
Native broadleaved woodland
Free
Native broadleaved woodland — woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapseWalking route▾
LOOP link to Hatton Cross UndergroundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Richmond stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
LOOP link to Fulwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
122 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 34Local cycle route
Cycleway 40Cycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Cycleway 28Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C28
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Wildlife to spot
50,775 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
50,775 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Kestrel · Carrion Crow +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Domestic Dog · Feral Cat +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects19 species
springautumn
2026▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Field Grasshopper +14
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
50,775 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · Kestrel · Carrion Crow +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great TitParus major
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
🦌Mammals7 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Domestic Dog · Feral Cat +2
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- Feral CatFelis catus2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects19 species
springautumn
2026▾
Southern Green Shieldbug · Common Darter · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Hairy-footed Flower Bee · Field Grasshopper +14
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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