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Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 1 ha
Places › England › Eastern › Rochford Getting here
51.58244, 0.66306
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 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 326m away — 2 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 326m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Jay +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Jay +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +136 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Ringlet, Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood +136 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Accessible Route, Rayleigh Mount Walking route 600 m ▾
Gravel path with inclines around Rayleigh Mount.
AccessAble: https://www.accessable.co.uk/national-trust/access-guides/rayleigh-mount-the-mount-national-trust
Named route Length 600 m Duration 00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Blue Walk Walking route ▾
Roach Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Tilbury to Southend-on-Sea Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map Southend Ring Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Roach Valley Way public footpath · 330 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 330 m Surface unpaved Path type: footway
Show on map Ark Lane public footpath · 568 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 568 m Path type: service
Show on map Roach Valley Way public footpath · 331 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 331 m Surface unpaved Path type: footway
Show on map 15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Prittle Brook Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map Route 53 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 53 Local cycle route
Show on map Route 57 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 57 Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 16 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 16 National Cycle Network
Show on map 2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gusted Hall Lane byway open to all traffic · 39 m ▾
Public path byway open to all traffic Length 39 m Surface paved Path type: service
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Wildlife to spot
8,577 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 8,577 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · House Sparrow +28
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Glow-worm · Sphaerophoria scripta +44
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 8,577 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 33 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Great Tit · House Sparrow +28
Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major House Sparrow Passer domesticus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Blackbird Turdus merula Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Jay Garrulus glandarius Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Redwing Turdus iliacus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Dunnock Prunella modularis Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi2025 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Marmalade Hoverfly · Glow-worm · Sphaerophoria scripta +44
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus2025 Glow-worm Lampyris noctiluca2025 Sphaerophoria scripta Sphaerophoria scripta2025 Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Platycheirus scutatus Platycheirus scutatus2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Cantharis rustica Cantharis rustica2025
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2025
Green Nettle Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus2025
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Calathus rotundicollis Calathus rotundicollis
Stomis pumicatus Stomis pumicatus
Stomis pumicatus Stomis pumicatus
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus fulvibarbis Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus rufomarginatus
Leistus rufomarginatus Leistus rufomarginatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Sphaerophoria Sphaerophoria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Hornet Hoverfly Volucella zonaria2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2025
Cow Wheat Shieldbug Adomerus biguttatus2025
Cow Wheat Shieldbug Adomerus biguttatus2025
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2025
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus2025
Small White Pieris rapae2025
Small White Pieris rapae2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2025
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2025
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Volucella inanis Volucella inanis2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Southern Oak Bush-cricket Meconema meridionale2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Marbled White Melanargia galathea2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Kidney-spot Ladybird Chilocorus renipustulatus2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Syrphus Syrphus2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
St Marks Fly Bibio marci2025
Bibio leucopterus Bibio leucopterus2025
Bibio leucopterus Bibio leucopterus2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata2025
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2025
Cantharis pellucida Cantharis pellucida2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus2025
Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus2025
Polydrusus cervinus Polydrusus cervinus2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum2025
Nut Leaf Weevil Strophosoma melanogrammum2025