The Oaks Golf Centre
28 ha
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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
51.33997, -0.17269
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Blackbird, Woodpigeon +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — Meadow Brown, Brimstone, Small Heath +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Deodar, Agrimony, Early Crocus +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Deodar, Agrimony, Early Crocus +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Pedunculate Oak, Hazel, Evergreen Oak
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km15 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wandle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Wandle-Oaks LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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
141 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 77Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 77Local cycle route
LCN 76 linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef (76)Local cycle route
LCN 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
LCN 77Cycling route▾
LCN route via Ewell - Belmont - Roundshaw - South Croydon
Named routeRef 77Local cycle route
LCN 75Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 75Local cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
Freedown Lanebridleway · 939 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 939 mPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
29,316 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
29,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
Stag Beetle · Trichochermes walkeri · Marmalade Hoverfly · 10-spot Ladybird · Bryony Ladybird +18
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025
- Hornet Robberfly
Deodar
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,316 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Robin · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Wall Lizard
- Wall LizardPodarcis muralis
Stag Beetle · Trichochermes walkeri · Marmalade Hoverfly · 10-spot Ladybird · Bryony Ladybird +18
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Trichochermes walkeriTrichochermes walkeri2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025
- Hornet Robberfly
Deodar
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Asilus crabroniformis2025
Asilus crabroniformis2025
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Trioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiTrioza centranthiHoplothripsHoplothripsHoplothripsHoplothripsHornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum2025Graphosoma italicumGraphosoma italicum2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Closterotomus trivialisClosterotomus trivialis2025Medial Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus cuneifrons2025Medial Sycamore Disc-minerHeterarthrus cuneifrons2025Field Maple Disc-minerHeterarthrus wuestneii2025Field Maple Disc-minerHeterarthrus wuestneii2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025Lixus iridisLixus iridis2025Lixus iridisLixus iridis2025Events & activities nearby
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