Westbury Wood - Mixed woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.91914, -0.34515
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Chiltern WayWalking route275 km▾
A waymarked long-distance footpath in southern England
Named routeRef CWLength 275 kmRegional walking route
Icknield Way PathWalking route169 km▾
long distance footpath 169 km
Named routeLength 169 kmRegional walking route
Hertfordshire WayWalking route267 km▾
Long distance path
Named routeLength 267 kmRegional walking route
The Chiltern Way Northern ExtensionWalking route▾
Long distance path
Named routeRef CWNRegional walking route
STOOP - Stevenage Outer Orbital PathWalking route▾
A 27 mile circular walking route around Stevenage
Named routeLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 606Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 606National Cycle Network
Ride on the wild sideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns Cycleway (road alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Recreational Cycle Route 16Cycling route▾
Local circular? cycle route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Chilterns CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Icknield Way Cycle TrailMountain bike route226 km▾
This is the off-road or mountain cycling route of the Icknield Way Trail.
Named routeLength 226 kmRegional cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
6,700 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,700 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Raven · Blackbird · Jackdaw +34
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Bombadier Beetle · Broad Centurion · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swine-cress · Common Centaury · Viper's-bugloss · Early Dog-violet · Greater Stitchwort +2
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,700 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Raven · Blackbird · Jackdaw +34
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RavenCorvus corax
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Streptopelia turtur turturStreptopelia turtur turtur
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Brown Hare
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Bombadier Beetle · Broad Centurion · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Bombadier BeetleBrachinus crepitans2025
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swine-cress · Common Centaury · Viper's-bugloss · Early Dog-violet · Greater Stitchwort +2
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Viper's-buglossEchium vulgare
- Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Red Dead-nettle
Red Dead-nettle
Lamium purpureum
Lamium purpureum