Martin's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.92009, -0.16594
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 116m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +75 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Hazel, Lesser Celandine, Bee Orchid +28 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hazel, Lesser Celandine, Bee Orchid +28 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
STOOP Link Path 2 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 3 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 3 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 4 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 1 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
A link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 2 o'clock on clockface)
Named route
STOOP Link Path 8 - Stevenage Outer Orbital Path LinkWalking route▾
Link from Stevenage to the STOOP path (at approx 11 o'clock on clockface)
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
recreational cycle route 10Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route769 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 769 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route337 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 337 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
35,080 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,080 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Robin +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Tortoise Bug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- SarcophagaSarcophaga
Red Dead-nettle · Early Dog-violet · Hazel · White Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley +8
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- HazelCorylus avellana
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,080 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Starling · Robin +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects10 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Dock Bug · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Lesser Stag Beetle · Tortoise Bug +5
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria
- SarcophagaSarcophaga
Red Dead-nettle · Early Dog-violet · Hazel · White Dead-nettle · Cow Parsley +8
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- HazelCorylus avellana
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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