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Twelve Acre Wood

✦ Ancient woodland13 ha

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome13 ha

Getting here

52.03500, 0.59533

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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
🌿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

🌞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
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Red Admiral, Comma, Green-veined White +48 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Red Admiral, Comma, Green-veined White +48 more · last seen 2021

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Tawny Owl, Fieldfare, Kestrel · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Colne Valley PathWalking route37 km

Named routeLength 37 kmLocal walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 04Walking route

Named routeRef LW04Local walking route

Wool Towns WalkWalking route50 km

Named routeLength 50 km

London to Walsingham - stage 05Walking route

Named routeRef LW05Local walking route

Stour Valley Path part 2Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Jay's Lanebridleway · 948 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 948 mSurface unpavedPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

9,325 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,325 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Tawny Owl · Fieldfare · Kestrel

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2022

Badger · Hedgehog

BadgerMeles meles2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects51 species

summer

2021

Red Admiral · Comma · Green-veined White · Small White · Speckled Wood +46

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2018
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2018
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2018
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2018
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2018
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Purple EmperorApatura iris2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2018
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2018
November MothEpirrita dilutata2018
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2018
SallowCirrhia icteritia2018
BrickSunira circellaris2018
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2018
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2018
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2018
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2018
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2018
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2018
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2018
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2018
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2018
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,325 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds3 species

winterspringautumn

2025

Tawny Owl · Fieldfare · Kestrel

Tawny OwlStrix aluco2019
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021

🦌

Mammals2 species

springautumn

2022

Badger · Hedgehog

BadgerMeles meles2021
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects51 species

summer

2021

Red Admiral · Comma · Green-veined White · Small White · Speckled Wood +46

Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
CommaPolygonia c-album2019
Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
PeacockAglais io2019
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019
Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019
Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019
BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
Brown ArgusAricia agestis2019
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2019
Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2019
Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019
White-letter HairstreakSatyrium w-album2019
Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2018
Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2018
Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2018
Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2018
Red-Line QuakerLeptologia lota2018
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2019
Purple EmperorApatura iris2019
Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2019
Grey Shoulder-knotLithophane ornitopus2018
SnoutHypena proboscidalis2018
SatelliteEupsilia transversa2018
November MothEpirrita dilutata2018
Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua fimbriata2018
SallowCirrhia icteritia2018
BrickSunira circellaris2018
Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2018
Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2018
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2018
Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2018
Swallow-tailed MothOurapteryx sambucaria2018
Setaceous Hebrew CharacterXestia c-nigrum2018
Brindled GreenDryobotodes eremita2018
Barred SallowTiliacea aurago2018
Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2018
White-pointMythimna albipuncta2018
Pale TussockCalliteara pudibunda2018
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow UnderwingNoctua janthe2018

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Billinger · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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