Manor Farm Wood
✦ Ancient woodland10 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.35338, -0.64526
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 404m 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 404m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉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 — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Carrion Crow, Robin +50 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Sweet Violet · last seen 2023
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Gatekeeper, Brimstone, Meadow Brown +67 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Gatekeeper, Brimstone, Meadow Brown +67 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Saturn Trail (link)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef SaturnLocal cycle route
Europa TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Europa (8)Local cycle route
Ganymede TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef GanymedeLocal cycle route
Hyperion TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef HyperionLocal cycle route
Surrey CyclewayCycling route▾
Woking and Egham link
Named routeRegional cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Scutley Lanebridleway · 102 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 102 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Scutley Lanebridleway · 26 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 26 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Scutley Lanebridleway · 73 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 73 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
Blind Lanebridleway · 592 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 592 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Scutley Lanebridleway · 21 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 21 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
7,568 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
7,568 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Grey Heron · Greenfinch +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
Gatekeeper · Grayling · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White +21
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,568 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Grey Heron · Greenfinch +22
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Grass Snake
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica2024
Gatekeeper · Grayling · Meadow Brown · Speckled Wood · Large White +21
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- GraylingHipparchia semele2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Silver-studded BluePlebejus argus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumSmall Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellumStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBrown HawkerAeshna grandisBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensKeeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescensBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024