Golden Valley ✦ Ancient woodland 69 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 69 ha
Places › England › South East › Waverley Getting here
51.11642, -0.75354
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Crossways Road Car Park 104m away — 14 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Crossways Road Car Park 104m away — 14 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tawny Owl, Blue Tit, Robin +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Blue Tit, Robin +62 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bracken, Holly, Bramble +18 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Small White, Meadow Brown +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Bramble, Rowan, Sweet Chestnut
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 43 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
The Shipwrights Way Walking route ▾
A long distance route which links villages and towns in east Hampshire. The name reflects the use of oak grown at Alice Holt Forest for Tudor shipbuilding.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map New Lipchis Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Greensand Way Walking route ▾
Named route Ref GW Regional walking route
Show on map Sussex Border Path Walking route 220 km ▾
Named route Length 220 km Regional walking route
Show on map Highcombe Hike, Hindhead Walking route 5.1 km ▾
Take a challenging walk through ancient woodland and open heath to find out how the Punch Bowl was formed. On the way learn about the people who lived in the old 'broom-squires' cottages and how they made their living here over the centuries.
Named route Length 5.1 km Duration 01:15-03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Grove Road public footpath · 148 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 148 m Path type: residential
Show on map Valewood Lane public footpath · 146 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 146 m Path type: residential
Show on map The Avenue public footpath · 225 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 225 m Path type: residential
Show on map 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A3 Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref A3 Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Haslemere link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map NCN 22 - Liphook Link Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Alfred's Way Mountain bike route ▾
King Alfreds Way is 350km (220 miles) off road route designed to be ridden clockwise. It starts & ends in Winchester. It is suitable for gravel or cross-country bikes.
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bordon Off Road Cycle Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Hampshire off Road cycle trails
Show on map Devils PunchBowl Loop Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Cycle surrey hills
Show on map Shipwrights Way (Liphook Spur) Mountain bike route ▾
13 public paths nearby
Public paths
Hill Road bridleway · 290 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 290 m Path type: residential
Show on map Stoney Bottom bridleway · 187 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 187 m Path type: unclassified
Show on map Boundary Road bridleway · 358 m ▾
Public path bridleway Length 358 m Path type: residential
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos The House in the Wood, Hindhead: aerial 2011
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Wildlife to spot
23,367 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,367 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Goldfinch · Jay · Great Spotted Woodpecker +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Raven Corvus corax House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia Swallow Hirundo rustica Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog +2
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Badger Meles meles2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2024 Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Brimstone · Speckled Wood · Large Skipper +14
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2024 Small White Pieris rapae Bank Haircap · Common Smoothcap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Feather-moss · Broom Fork-moss
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2024 Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,367 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Magpie · Goldfinch · Jay · Great Spotted Woodpecker +30
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Jay Garrulus glandarius Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Raven Corvus corax House Sparrow Passer domesticus Great Tit Parus major Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Greenfinch Chloris chloris Dunnock Prunella modularis Rock Dove Columba livia Swallow Hirundo rustica Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2024 🦌 Mammals 7 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Red Fox · Roe Deer · Hedgehog +2
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Badger Meles meles2024 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2024 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Common Lizard · Slow-worm · Grass Snake
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Slow-worm Anguis fragilis2024 Grass Snake Natrix helvetica2024 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Brimstone · Speckled Wood · Large Skipper +14
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2024 Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2024 Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2024 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2024 Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus2024 Small White Pieris rapae Bank Haircap · Common Smoothcap · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Common Feather-moss · Broom Fork-moss
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum Common Smoothcap Atrichum undulatum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2024 Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium2024 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rabbit
Rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Oryctolagus cuniculus2024
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2023 2024
2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Large White Pieris brassicae2024
Comma Polygonia c-album2024
Comma Polygonia c-album2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2024
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2024
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2024
Peacock Aglais io2024
Peacock Aglais io2024
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2024
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata2024
Grayling Hipparchia semele2024
Grayling Hipparchia semele2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2024
Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus2024
Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus2024
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2024
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2024
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2023
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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