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Newland Grove

11 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha

Getting here

51.77170, 0.48475

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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
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ 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
☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Woodpigeon +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Thistle, Common Nettle, Broad-leaved Dock +29 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Thistle, Common Nettle, Broad-leaved Dock +29 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown +34 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

café

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Centenary CircleWalking route34 km

Named routeLength 34 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Admiral McHardy WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Essex Way (Epping to Stratford St Mary)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

The Saffron TrailWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

63 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

Regional Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50Regional cycle route

Great Waltham to City Centre Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 13Cycling route

Named routeRef 13National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route420 m

Named routeRef 1Length 420 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Horse riding

14 public paths nearby

Public paths

Mill Lanebridleway · 53 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 53 mPath type: service

Mill Lanebridleway · 13 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 13 mPath type: service

Mill Lanebridleway · 17 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 17 mPath type: service

Belstead Hall Chasebridleway · 414 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 414 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway

Belstead Hall Chasebridleway · 81 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 81 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

10,621 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

10,621 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Wren +34

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025

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Mammals3 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Newt

NewtTriturus

🐝

Insects29 species

springsummer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Peacock +24

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
PeacockAglais io
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
SyrphusSyrphus
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Small WhitePieris rapae
Large WhitePieris brassicae
CommaPolygonia c-album
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
mayfliesEphemeroptera
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

10,621 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Wren +34

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
MagpiePica pica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CootFulica atra
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerwinter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Muntjac · Brown Hare

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Brown HareLepus europaeus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Grass Snake

Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Newt

NewtTriturus

🐝

Insects29 species

springsummer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Large Red Damselfly · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Peacock +24

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
PeacockAglais io
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
SyrphusSyrphus
Painted LadyVanessa cardui
Small WhitePieris rapae
Large WhitePieris brassicae
CommaPolygonia c-album
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
Common BluePolyommatus icarus
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
mayfliesEphemeroptera
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Newland Grove in the snow

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