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Shalford Common

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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51.21207, -0.56178

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 166m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 166m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· PaidPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw +72 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker, 22-spot Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Southern Hawker, 22-spot Ladybird +17 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 46 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 274public footpath · 258 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 258 mPath type: footway

FP 267apublic footpath · 82 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 82 mPath type: footway

FP 61public footpath · 278 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 278 mSurface dirtPath type: footway

🚴

Cycling

65 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

Route 223Cycling route

Guildford to Chertsey

Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network

Route 223Cycling route

Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network

Route 22Cycling route

Named routeRef 22National Cycle Network

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Mountain biking

6 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

Newlands Corner BombholesMountain bike route

Named route

Newlands Corner Bombholes 2Mountain bike route

Named route

Cobra KaiMountain bike route

Named route

Cycle Surrey Hills - Puttenham LoopMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

9 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

BW 580bridleway · 258 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 258 mSurface compactedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

46,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

46,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +51

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

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Insects2 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants16 species

spring

2026

Green Alkanet · Cuckooflower · Ground-ivy · Cherry Plum · Goat Willow +11

Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

46,047 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Blue Tit · Wren · Blackbird · Black-headed Gull · Magpie +51

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Great TitParus major2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants16 species

spring

2026

Green Alkanet · Cuckooflower · Ground-ivy · Cherry Plum · Goat Willow +11

Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
BlackthornPrunus spinosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alan Hunt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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