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✦ Ancient woodland11 ha

📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 389m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ 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 389m away — 2 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

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10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Toothwort, Pasqueflower · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Western Honey Bee, Eristalis pertinax +38 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Red-legged Shieldbug, Western Honey Bee, Eristalis pertinax +38 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

23 signed routes nearby · 33 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The RidgewayWalking route140 km

Named routeRef RWLength 140 kmNational walking route

The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km

A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England

Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km

long distance footpath 169 km

Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route

Outer Aylesbury RingWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ashridge Estate Family Cycle TrailCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6Local cycle route

Chilterns CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route

Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Route 30Cycling route

Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route

Harding RouteCycling route

Named routeRef HardingLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km

This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.

Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

20 public paths nearby

Public paths

Bywayrestricted byway · 756 m

Public pathrestricted bywayLength 756 mPath type: bridleway

Bywaybyway open to all traffic · 129 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 129 mSurface groundPath type: track

Bywaybyway open to all traffic · 431 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 431 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway

Bywaybyway open to all traffic · 16 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 16 mPath type: bridleway

Bywaybyway open to all traffic · 163 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 163 mPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

21,194 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,194 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +37

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
CootFulica atra2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,194 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds42 species

autumnwinter

2026

Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +37

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
WigeonMareca penelope
PochardAythya ferina
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
CootFulica atra2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Shaun Ferguson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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