Beech Wood - Mixed woodland 1 ha
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Places › England › South East › Runnymede Getting here
51.39437, -0.58798
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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 🅿️ Parking 394m away — 4 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 394m away — 4 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcomeDogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
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 km 7 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Memorial Route, Runnymede Walking route 3.7 km ▾
This route takes you to all the memorials and artworks at Runnymede, and through the woods to the Commonwealth Airforce Memorial with its lovely views. This route includes some steps and slopes that can be slippery/muddy.
Named route Length 3.7 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local 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 Summer Route, Runnymede Walking route 3 km ▾
A varied summer route that runs past our key memorials and gives you a sense of the Runnymede landscape, including woods, meadows, ponds and riverside.
Named route Length 3 km Duration 01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map West Drive public footpath · 2.4 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 2.4 km Surface asphalt Path type: unclassified
Show on map 61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional 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 Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 4 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 4 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,295 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 26,295 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Green Woodpecker · Robin +36
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Roe Deer · Rabbit
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus2025 Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly +28
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Pitcherplant · Neat Feather-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Trumpets
Pitcherplant Sarracenia purpurea Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Trumpets Sarracenia flava2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 26,295 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
summer autumn
2026 ▾
Chiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Green Woodpecker · Robin +36
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black Swan Cygnus atratus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2025 Wigeon Mareca penelope2025 Pochard Aythya ferina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Shoveler Spatula clypeata2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Roe Deer · Rabbit
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus 🦎 Reptiles 2 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Slow-worm · Adder
Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Adder Vipera berus2025 Southern Hawker · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper · Black-tailed Skimmer · Emperor Dragonfly +28
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus2025 Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum2025 Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator2025 Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Pitcherplant · Neat Feather-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Trumpets
Pitcherplant Sarracenia purpurea Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus Trumpets Sarracenia flava2025 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus2025
Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2025
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2025
Ferdinandea cuprea Ferdinandea cuprea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2025
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes2025
Physocephala rufipes Physocephala rufipes2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Bishop's Mitre Aelia acuminata2025
Fan-bristled Robberfly Dysmachus trigonus2025
Fan-bristled Robberfly Dysmachus trigonus2025
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2025
Welsh Chafer Hoplia philanthus2025
Cheilosia bergenstammi Cheilosia bergenstammi2025
Cheilosia bergenstammi Cheilosia bergenstammi2025
Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta2025
Oxythyrea funesta Oxythyrea funesta2025
Face Fly Musca autumnalis2025
Face Fly Musca autumnalis2025
Carabus arvensis Carabus arvensis2025
Carabus arvensis Carabus arvensis2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni2025
Aphrophora alni Aphrophora alni2025 