Winterdown Wood - Urban woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34869, -0.39128
Open directionsv
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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
Chessington Countryside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational walking route
27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV2International cycle route
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network route 4 Chertsey/Weybridge braidCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,914 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Canada Goose · Coot +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Minotaur Beetle · Heather Ladybird +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Corticeus unicolorCorticeus unicolor
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
American Skunk-cabbage
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Jackdaw · Canada Goose · Coot +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CootFulica atra2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🐸Amphibians4 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt · Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Corticeus unicolor · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Minotaur Beetle · Heather Ladybird +6
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Corticeus unicolorCorticeus unicolor
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2025
- Hairy Shieldbug
American Skunk-cabbage
- American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Dolycoris baccarum2025
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Nut Leaf WeevilStrophosoma melanogrammum2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2025Events & activities nearby
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