Lee Wood
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.71689, 0.39986
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary CircleWalking route34 km▾
Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Pleasure Gardens WalkWalking route▾
Repton's WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Estate Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hylands Lower Estate WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 13Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route801 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 801 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route808 m▾
Named routeRef 13Length 808 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,158 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,158 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Otter · Rabbit +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,158 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Magpie · Great Spotted Woodpecker +28
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
🦌Mammals7 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Brown Hare · Otter · Rabbit +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- BadgerMeles meles
Harlequin Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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