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Lime Wood

1 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome1 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
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 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 — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans, Green Shieldbug +14 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Epistrophe eligans, Green Shieldbug +14 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Neat Feather-moss +9 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Neat Feather-moss +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

link to Abbey Wood stationWalking route

Signed link from Abbey Wood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Green Chain Walk section 1Walking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

229 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 58Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route (1)Cycling route

Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route

LCN 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18Local cycle route

Wildlife to spot

14,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +39

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Small Heather Weevil · Gorse Weevil · Nut Leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird +2

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Small Heather WeevilMicrelus ericae
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Epistrophe eligans

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2025

Neat Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Juniper Haircap · Heath Plait-moss

Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,600 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

autumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Great Tit · Magpie · Carrion Crow +39

RobinErithacus rubecula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CootFulica atra2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025

🦌

Mammals4 species

springautumn

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025

🐝

Insects7 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Small Heather Weevil · Gorse Weevil · Nut Leaf Weevil · 7-spot Ladybird +2

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Small Heather WeevilMicrelus ericae
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Epistrophe eligans

🌿

Plants5 species

autumn

2025

Neat Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Bud-headed Groove-moss · Juniper Haircap · Heath Plait-moss

Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Bud-headed Groove-mossAulacomnium androgynum
Juniper HaircapPolytrichum juniperinum
Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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