Manor Farm Wood - Urban woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35635, -0.66358
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 457m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 457m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ramblers RouteWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Basingstoke CanalWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
Lightwater Country Park orangeWalking route▾
Named routeRef OrangeLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Neptune TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Neptune (2)Local cycle route
Pluto TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Pluto (5)Local cycle route
Saturn TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 221National Cycle Network
Dione Trail (Cycle Woking)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef DioneLocal cycle route
Titan TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef TitanLocal cycle route
Rhea TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef RheaLocal cycle route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
9 public paths nearby
Public paths
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 252 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 252 mSurface compactedPath type: track
Strawdown Bridgebridleway · 64 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mSurface pavedPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 67 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 67 mSurface compactedIncline downPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 379 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 379 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Oldhouse Lanebridleway · 577 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 577 mSurface compactedIncline downPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
13,894 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐝Insects26 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly +21
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Brown Hawker
Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse · Shallon
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,894 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Great Tit · Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird +39
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Red Fox
🦎Reptiles3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Adder · Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis2024
🐝Insects26 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Small Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Keeled Skimmer · Large Red Damselfly +21
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
- Brown Hawker
Meadow Buttercup · Rhododendron · Bog-myrtle · Gorse · Shallon
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Bog-myrtleMyrica gale
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ShallonGaultheria shallon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoRed Wood AntFormica rufa2024Red Wood AntFormica rufa2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024GraylingHipparchia semele2024GraylingHipparchia semele2024EupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaStag BeetleLucanus cervusStag BeetleLucanus cervusBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSwollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilisSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaSepsis violaceaCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniCommon Pine CombhornDiprion piniWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisWhite-shield Leaf-gallerEuura leucapsisRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2024Himacerus (Anaptus) majorHimacerus (Anaptus) major2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024