Fairmile Common - Mixed woodland 1 ha
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › South East › Elmbridge Getting here
51.34757, -0.39678
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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 177m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDeciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England Walking route ▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named route Ref E2 International walking route
Show on map Thames Path Walking route 296 km ▾
Named route Ref TP Length 296 km National walking route
Show on map Weybridge to New Haw Lock Walk, River Wey Navigations Walking route 8 km ▾
This walk follows the route of the last commercial barges on the Wey Navigations. The large Wey barges, owned by Stevens and Sons, transported grain from the Royal Docks in London to Coxes Mill in Addlestone until the late 1960s.
Named route Length 8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map A3 Cycle Route (alternative) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Network route 4 Chertsey/Weybridge braid Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,428 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 23,428 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Robin · Canada Goose +30
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 7-spot Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Minotaur Beetle +6
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Corticeus unicolor Corticeus unicolor Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus2025 Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2025 Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2025 Heather Ladybird American Skunk-cabbage
American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 23,428 records · National Biodiversity Network Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Robin · Canada Goose +30
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Coot Fulica atra2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Magpie Pica pica2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus 🐸 Amphibians 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Great Crested Newt Triturus cristatus Common Frog Rana temporaria Smooth Newt Lissotriton vulgaris 7-spot Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Minotaur Beetle +6
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata2025 Corticeus unicolor Corticeus unicolor Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus2025 Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides2025 Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus2025 Heather Ladybird American Skunk-cabbage
American Skunk-cabbage Lysichiton americanus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chilocorus bipustulatus2025
Chilocorus bipustulatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum2025
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum2025 