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Round Wood

✦ Ancient woodland5 ha

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha

Getting here

51.27899, -0.11011

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Woodpigeon, Robin +41 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Wood Anemone, Hawkweed, Appleyard's Feather-moss +6 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Common Blue +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Common Blue +43 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

16 signed routes nearby · 15 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
LOOP link to Whyteleafe stationWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Banstead Countryside WalkWalking route
Named routeRef BCWLocal walking route
Happy Valley & Farthing Downs Nature TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Downlands Circular WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
London Loop DiversionWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Birchwood Lanepublic footpath · 19 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 19 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Willey Broom Lanepublic footpath · 179 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 179 mPath type: residential
The Heathpublic footpath · 398 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 398 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
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Cycling

98 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
LCN 23Cycling route
Named routeRef 23Local cycle route
Avenue Verte London ↔ ParisCycling route

English part of Avenue Verte London ↔ Paris, an international cycle route that connects the two capital cities

Named routeRef AVInternational cycle route
Route 21Cycling route
Named routeRef 21National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 20 Wandsworth to South MersthamCycling route
Named routeRef 20National Cycle Network
Route 22Cycling route
Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Catherham link

Named routeRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Field south of Birchwood Lane

📷 Robin Webster · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field south of Birchwood Lane

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