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Shalford Common

13 ha

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WildlifeBirdsForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha

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
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Paid

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants; Plants — Blackthorn, White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker, Dark-edged Bee-fly +10 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Cuckooflower, Ground-ivy, Cherry Plum +13 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Cuckooflower, Ground-ivy, Cherry Plum +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Fox WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Western)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Guildford Nature TrailWalking route
Named route
Scholar's TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Wey-South PathWalking route

follows the river Wey and the (partly disused) Wey & Arun canal

Named routeRegional walking route
FP 61public footpath · 278 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 278 mSurface dirtPath type: footway
FP 266apublic footpath · 195 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 195 mPath type: footway
🚴

Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Farnham link

Named routeRegional cycle route
A3 Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef A3Local cycle route
Route 223Cycling route
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Woking and Egham link

Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 223Cycling route

Guildford to Chertsey

Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Route 223Cycling route
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
🚵

Mountain biking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Christmas Pie TrailMountain bike route13.7 km

leisure route from East Farnham to northwest Guildford

Named routeLength 13.7 km
Newlands Corner Bombholes 3Mountain bike route
Named route
Summer MadnessMountain bike route
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Charlie Bronson (Gunbucket)Mountain bike route
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
Newlands Corner BombholesMountain bike route
Named route
Newlands Corner Bombholes 2Mountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths
Great Tangleybridleway · 93 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 93 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Great Tangleybridleway · 368 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 368 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
BW 610bridleway · 87 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 87 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway

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