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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome165 ha

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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
🅿️Parking 205m away — 16 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 205m away — 16 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

8 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 — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Magpie, Woodpigeon +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meadow Brown, Red-legged Shieldbug, Tawny Cockroach +19 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Red-legged Shieldbug, Tawny Cockroach +19 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

13 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Effingham walk (SCC)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Bookham Common Activity Trail, North Downs WestWalking route4.8 km

Bookham Commons is a widely varied landscape, ranging from shady woodlands, to open grassland plains, to marshy ponds and wetlands. This provides a wonderful set of habitats for lots of wildlife. See how much you can spot as you wander along the paths.

Named routeLength 4.8 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route

The Fox WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Canons and CornmillsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Church Pathpublic footpath · 492 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 492 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

Anvil Lanepublic footpath · 466 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 466 mSurface groundPath type: footway

Anvil Lanepublic footpath · 132 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 132 mSurface groundPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

19 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Woking and Egham link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Venus TrailCycling route

Named routeRef VenusLocal cycle route

National Cycle Network route 4 Chertsey/Weybridge braidCycling route

Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network

Saturn TrailCycling route

Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

12 public paths nearby

Public paths

Sandpit Hill Bridgebridleway · 95 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 95 mSurface asphaltPath type: path

Redhill Road Bridgebridleway · 59 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 59 mSurface asphaltPath type: path

Wildlife to spot

12,790 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,790 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · Black Clock +2

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common Cockchafer

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,790 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Blackbird +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
CootFulica atra2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great TitParus major2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🦌

Mammals5 species

summer

2025

Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects7 species

summer

2025

Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Birch Shieldbug · Black Clock +2

Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Common Cockchafer

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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