Great Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.67670, -0.47814
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
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Colne Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Ebury WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Woodland TrailWalking route▾
40 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Long Lane to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Beacon Way to Tudor Parade (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Rickmansworth to Croxley GreenCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,016 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,016 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin · Carrion Crow +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Darter · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket · Mordellochroa abdominalis · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Shining Crane's-bill · Wild Teasel · Stinking Iris · Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia +1
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,016 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Jackdaw · Robin · Carrion Crow +38
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Darter · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Oak Bush-cricket · Mordellochroa abdominalis · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum
- Mordellochroa abdominalisMordellochroa abdominalis
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Garden ChaferPhyllopertha horticola
Shining Crane's-bill · Wild Teasel · Stinking Iris · Springy Turf-moss · Grey-cushioned Grimmia +1
- Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Grey-cushioned GrimmiaGrimmia pulvinata2024
- Goat's-rueGalega officinalis2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas