Horsenden Wood - Grassland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.53931, -0.33051
Open directionsv
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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Gruffalo TrailWalking route500 m▾
Named routeLength 500 mRound tripLocal walking route
Brent River Park footpathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Capital Ring link to Greenford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Hanwell stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Capital Ring link to Harrow-on-the-Hill stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stanmore to the Thames Cycle RouteCycling route▾
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 87Local cycle route
Cycleway 34Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C34Regional cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
LCN 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
63,858 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
63,858 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Magpie · House Sparrow · Moorhen +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Cheilosia grossa +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
63,858 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Mallard · Magpie · House Sparrow · Moorhen +30
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GadwallMareca strepera
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
springwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Beaver · Brown Rat · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BeaverCastor fiber
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Epistrophe eligans · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare · Cheilosia grossa +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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