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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.58728, 0.03932
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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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 203m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉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 — Mute Swan, Robin, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Robin, Magpie +57 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Stag Beetle, Syrphus, Batman Hoverfly +105 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Stag Beetle, Syrphus, Batman Hoverfly +105 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Public Right of Way 74Walking route▾
Named routeRef 74Local walking route
Capital Ring link to Hackney Wick stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route▾
Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route
Capital Ring (Section 14)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
96 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Local cycle route
Roding Valley WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
LeawayCycling route▾
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Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CLocal cycle route
Route CCycling route▾
Named routeRef CRegional cycle route
Cycleway 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
12,565 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,565 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Mute Swan +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syrphus · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Scarce Chaser · Vernal Shieldbug +24
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus
- Phania funestaPhania funesta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,565 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Mute Swan +37
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects29 species
springsummer
2025▾
Syrphus · Speckled Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird · Scarce Chaser · Vernal Shieldbug +24
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus
- Phania funestaPhania funesta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Batman Hoverfly
Batman Hoverfly
Myathropa florea
Myathropa florea
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollaeCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesYellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipesHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusWool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatumWool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatumLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataCream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctataClosterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialisEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataEmpis tessellataLily BeetleLilioceris liliiLily BeetleLilioceris liliiByturus ochraceusByturus ochraceusByturus ochraceusByturus ochraceusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctataRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloidesAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina