Horsenden Wood - Grassland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.54442, -0.32667
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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
- 🛝Playground 273m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 273m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Celandine RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
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
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 45Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 45Local cycle route
Metropolitan cycle routeCycling route▾
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LCN 39Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 39Local cycle route
LCN 88Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 88Local cycle route
LCN 87Cycling route▾
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LCN 86Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
64,792 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
64,792 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
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- 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 · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare +7
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
64,792 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
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- 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 · 7-spot Ladybird · Eupeodes · Melanostoma scalare +7
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- EupeodesEupeodes
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Cheilosia grossaCheilosia grossa
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
