🌞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 nearby — easy to reach by car
🌤️ 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 nearby — easy to reach by car
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
Best for
8 activities
🐶
Dog walks
Strong match
Dogs allowed — country park
Free
🌲
Forest walks
Strong match
Country park
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Good match
Country park — designed for family visits
Free
🧺
Picnic day out
Good match
Country park — good for group day out
Free
🥾
Hiking
Good match
Named hiking route nearby: London LOOP (Section 20)
Free
🦉
Wildlife
Good match
Country park — managed habitat
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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8 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
London LOOP (Section 21)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Footpath 133Walking route▾
Named routeRef 133Local walking route
LOOP link to Havering Green bus stopWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cavill's Walkpublic footpath · 835 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 835 mPath type: footway
🚴
Cycling
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16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route
Cycleway 16Cycling route▾
Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station
Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route
LCN 60Cycling route▾
One of the LCN's "orbital routes in north east London". LCN60 was supposed to reach Harold Hill, but never made it that far.
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LCN 61Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
🐴
Horse riding
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16 public paths nearby
Public paths
Crabtree Hillbridleway · 611 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 611 mSurface dirtPath type: unclassified
Crabtree Hillbridleway · 71 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 71 mSurface dirtPath type: unclassified
Cavill's Walkbridleway · 58 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 58 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Crabtree Hillbridleway · 72 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 72 mSurface dirtPath type: unclassified
About this country park
Hainault Forest is a 447-hectare Country Park in Redbridge, London, England. The park offers diverse wooded areas, a lake, and open spaces, providing habitats for various birds and mammals alongside walking and cycling pathways.
