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Places › England › South East › Guildford Getting here
51.27317, -0.39334
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Vines — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ Vines — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly +128 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Stag Beetle, Common Darter, Willow Emerald Damselfly +128 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 28 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Mole Gap Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Box Hill Train To Stepping Stones Walk, Box Hill Walking route 4.8 km ▾
Named route Length 4.8 km Duration 02:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Box Hill Hike, Box Hill Walking route 12.8 km ▾
Circular walk, dog friendly, steep climbs and steps, paths may be slippery in winter, Please take care with your footing and wear suitable footwear for the conditions, Broadwood's Folly, Mickleham Gallops
Named route Length 12.8 km Duration 04:00;06:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Effingham walk (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Prospects of Polesden (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Bishop’s Walk public footpath · 185 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 185 m Surface dirt Path type: footway
Show on map Bishop’s Walk public footpath · 41 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 41 m Surface grass Path type: footway
Show on map Bishop’s Walk public footpath · 13 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 13 m Surface dirt Path type: footway
Show on map 44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
A3 Cycle Route (alternative) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Leatherhead - Ashtead A24 Cycle track 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 A3 Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 22 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 22 National Cycle Network
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Epsom link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
The Tube Mountain bike route ▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos Howard of Effingham School
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Wildlife to spot
34,362 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,362 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Magpie +49
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Varied Carpet Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Deer Ked · Batman Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug +9
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Deer Ked Lipoptena cervi2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Common Darter 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Feather-moss · Nettle-leaved Bellflower
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,362 records · National Biodiversity Network Robin · Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Carrion Crow · Magpie +49
Robin Erithacus rubecula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2025 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Grass Snake
Grass Snake Natrix helvetica 🐝 Insects 14 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Varied Carpet Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Deer Ked · Batman Hoverfly · Green Shieldbug +9
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Deer Ked Lipoptena cervi2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea2025 Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025 Common Darter 🌿 Plants 2 species
winter summer
2026 ▾
Common Feather-moss · Nettle-leaved Bellflower
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga Nettle-leaved Bellflower Campanula trachelium2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sympetrum striolatum2025
Sympetrum striolatum2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Roesel's Bush-cricket Roeseliana roeselii2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Small Black Ant Lasius niger2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitiale2025
Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum2025
Iris Weevil Mononychus punctumalbum2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha2025 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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