Henhurst Furze ✦ Ancient woodland 14 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 14 ha
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51.16643, -0.33725
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required 🌤️ 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 📍 Open access throughout summer — no booking required £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Wren, Chiffchaff +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Wren, Chiffchaff +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Blackthorn, Lords-and-Ladies, Early Dog-violet +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Corizus hyoscyami, Byturus ochraceus +15 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Corizus hyoscyami, Byturus ochraceus +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Beare Green walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capel walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Leith Hill Greenway Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Holmwood Common Family Activitiy Trail, Holmwood Common Walking route 5 km ▾
Gentle trail around Holmwood Common with dappled woodland & sunny clearings stretching over 650 acres. A great place to tick off the ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’. Signposted & easy to follow with hard, sealed paths suitable all year round.
Named route Length 5 km Duration 02:30-03:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith Hill Walking route 800 m ▾
A gentle walk through Rhododendron Wood; Created in 1800s by Caroline Wedgwood (botanist & Charles Darwin's sister) before being given to the NT in 1944. The wood suffered damage during the Great Storm (1987), so restoration work has shaped the area.
Named route Length 800 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A24 Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Im Still Standing Cycling route ▾
Regurgitator Cycling route ▾
Holmwood Common_Circular Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh Hill link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Leigh Hill link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Garden Mountain bike route ▾
Route 66 Mountain bike route ▾
Summer Lightning Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Friends of hurtwood
Show on map Toad of Toad Hall Mountain bike route ▾
Caspers Mountain bike route ▾
Windy Willows Mountain bike route ▾
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
24,281 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,281 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Wren · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldcrest +37
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Corizus hyoscyami · Byturus ochraceus · 24-spot Ladybird · Birch Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly +7
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Byturus ochraceus Byturus ochraceus 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025 Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Blackthorn · Lords-and-Ladies · Early Dog-violet · Bluebell · Fritillary +4
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Primrose Primula vulgaris Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,281 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Wren · Robin · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldcrest +37
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2024 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Swift Apus apus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2024 Siskin Spinus spinus2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2024 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2024 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2024 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2024 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2024 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2024 Skylark Alauda arvensis2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Hazel Dormouse · Pipistrelle
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐝 Insects 12 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Corizus hyoscyami · Byturus ochraceus · 24-spot Ladybird · Birch Shieldbug · Marmalade Hoverfly +7
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami Byturus ochraceus Byturus ochraceus 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025 Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Blackthorn · Lords-and-Ladies · Early Dog-violet · Bluebell · Fritillary +4
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Lords-and-Ladies Arum maculatum Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta Fritillary Fritillaria meleagris Primrose Primula vulgaris Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
14-spot Ladybird
14-spot Ladybird
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Eupeodes Eupeodes2025
Cantharis lateralis Cantharis lateralis2025
Cantharis lateralis Cantharis lateralis2025
Hypera Hypera2025
Hypera Hypera2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus
Stinking Hellebore Helleborus foetidus
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
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