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New Wood

6 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha

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52.29161, 1.06774

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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
🐕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

🌞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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +45 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Primrose, Red Dead-nettle, Pyramidal Orchid +52 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Primrose, Red Dead-nettle, Pyramidal Orchid +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, 22-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +21 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Western Conifer Seed Bug, 22-spot Ladybird, Dock Bug +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Hazel, Bristly Oxtongue +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Mid Suffolk FootpathWalking route34.6 km

Named routeLength 34.6 kmRegional walking route

Middy Railway FootpathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Wortham & Burgate WalksWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Saint Botolph's WayWalking route10 km

Named routeLength 10 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Gislingham Circular Walk 2 (Pink)Walking route

Named routeRef GW2Local walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Two Rivers Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 30Regional cycle route

Heart of Suffolk RouteCycling route

Named routeRef HoSRRegional cycle route

Wolf WayCycling route400 km

Named routeRef Wolf WayLength 400 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Regional Cycle Route 30Cycling route373 km

Named routeRef 30Length 373 kmRound tripRegional cycle route

N/ACycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 40Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route4.2 km

Named routeRef 40Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

10,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Great Tit +46

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2026

Western Conifer Seed Bug · 22-spot Ladybird · Corizus hyoscyami · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket +19

Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025

🌿

Plants55 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Primrose · Red Dead-nettle · Pyramidal Orchid · Cowslip · Dog's Mercury +50

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
CowslipPrimula veris
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
DaisyBellis perennis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
MistletoeViscum album
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Milk ThistleSilybum marianum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
VervainVerbena officinalis2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2025
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025
Corn MintMentha arvensis2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,528 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Wren · Great Tit +46

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐸

Amphibians2 species

springsummer

2025

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects24 species

summer

2026

Western Conifer Seed Bug · 22-spot Ladybird · Corizus hyoscyami · Dock Bug · Speckled Bush-cricket +19

Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025
Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2025
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2025
Eupeodes lunigerEupeodes luniger2025
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolor2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025

🌿

Plants55 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Primrose · Red Dead-nettle · Pyramidal Orchid · Cowslip · Dog's Mercury +50

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2025
CowslipPrimula veris
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
HazelCorylus avellana
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
Field MapleAcer campestre2025
ChicoryCichorium intybus2025
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
Sweet VioletViola odorata
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
DaisyBellis perennis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
MistletoeViscum album
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
Milk ThistleSilybum marianum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025
Common MilletPanicum miliaceum2025
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2025
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025
Thorn-appleDatura stramonium2025
HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2025
VervainVerbena officinalis2025
YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2025
WeldReseda luteola2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2025
Common VetchVicia sativa2025
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2025
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2025
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025
Early Dog-violetViola reichenbachiana2025
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2025
Corn MintMentha arvensis2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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📷 Keith Evans · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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