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Places › England › Eastern › Epping Forest Getting here
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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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 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 ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Starling, Great Tit +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Starling, Great Tit +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, Graphosoma italicum, Rhyzobius lophanthae +94 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, Graphosoma italicum, Rhyzobius lophanthae +94 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 16 signed routes nearby · 20 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Forests Way Walking route 96 km ▾
Named route Length 96 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map Epping Forest Big Walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map LOOP link to Enfield Lock station Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Beech Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lea Valley Walk Walking route ▾
Transport for London's Section 1 of the Lea Valley Walk within London
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Brookmeadow Way public footpath · 110 m ▾
Public path public footpath Length 110 m Path type: service
Show on map Boudicca Footbridge public footpath · 11 m ▾
When Boudicca died in the area, her blood ran through Cobbins Brook just upstream from this bridge.
Public path public footpath Length 11 m Surface paved Path type: footway
Show on map Breach Barns Lane public footpath · 1.3 km ▾
Public path public footpath Length 1.3 km Path type: service
Show on map 92 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV2 International cycle route
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C1 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route (1) Cycling route ▾
National Cycle Network link route
Named route Ref (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 1 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C1 Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 12 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 12 National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Greenhouses at Park View Farm
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Wildlife to spot
9,635 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 9,635 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Great Tit · Starling · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +38
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Knot Calidris canutus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Graphosoma italicum · 24-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly +17
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Graphosoma italicum Graphosoma italicum 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Rhyzobius lophanthae Rhyzobius lophanthae Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 9,635 records · National Biodiversity Network Blue Tit · Great Tit · Starling · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +38
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Great Tit Parus major Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Robin Erithacus rubecula Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Knot Calidris canutus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Muntjac
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi 🐝 Insects 22 species
spring autumn
2026 ▾
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides · Graphosoma italicum · 24-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly +17
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Rhyzobius chrysomeloides Graphosoma italicum Graphosoma italicum 24-spot Ladybird Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Rhyzobius lophanthae Rhyzobius lophanthae Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula2025
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Anthicus antherinus Anthicus antherinus
Anthicus antherinus Anthicus antherinus
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami Corizus hyoscyami
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Pea-leaf Weevil Sitona lineatus
Hypera nigrirostris Hypera nigrirostris
Hypera nigrirostris Hypera nigrirostris
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Adonis' Ladybird Hippodamia variegata2025
Nephus quadrimaculatus Nephus quadrimaculatus2025
Nephus quadrimaculatus Nephus quadrimaculatus2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Rhaphigaster nebulosa Rhaphigaster nebulosa2025
Rhyzobius forestieri Rhyzobius forestieri2025
Rhyzobius forestieri Rhyzobius forestieri2025 