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LANGLEYS

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51.79639, 0.46305

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Kestrel, Chaffinch, Robin +77 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Kestrel, Chaffinch, Robin +77 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly +30 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Swollen-thighed Beetle, Marmalade Hoverfly +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 48 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Great Waltham FP67public footpath · 316 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 316 mPath type: footway

Banbury Squarepublic footpath · 28 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 28 mSurface compactedPath type: service

Great Waltham FP101public footpath · 401 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 401 mSurface pavedPath type: service

🚴

Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

(50)Cycling route

National Cycle Network link route between NCN 16 and Regional Route 50

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 16Cycling route

Named routeRef 16National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route20 m

Named routeRef 50Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route2.4 km

Named routeRef 50Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Scurvy Hall Lanebridleway · 446 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 446 mSurface asphaltPath type: track

Dunmow Lanebyway open to all traffic · 2.2 km

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 2.2 kmSurface dirtPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

3,125 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,125 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Rook · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +55

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Muntjac · Hedgehog

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects10 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Dark Bush-cricket

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,125 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds60 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Kestrel · Carrion Crow · Rook · Blue Tit · Long-tailed Tit +55

KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Muntjac · Hedgehog

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects10 species

springautumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Gorse Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Dark Bush-cricket

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Chris Heaton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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