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Woodhill Field

1 ha

📷 Stephen Richards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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51.75265, 0.09849

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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
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 214m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 214m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

10 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Greenfinch, House Sparrow +65 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Greenfinch, House Sparrow +65 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground; Urban park — family destination

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Migrant Hawker +42 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Migrant Hawker +42 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Three Forests WayWalking route96 km

Named routeLength 96 kmRound tripRegional walking route

Harcamlow WayWalking route

Named routeRef HARRegional walking route

London to Walsingham - stage 02Walking route

Named routeRef LW02Local walking route

Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Parndon TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

42 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 2 - Capitals Route - part United Kingdom 7Cycling route

Named routeRef EV2International cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route2 km

Named routeRef 1Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route140 m

Named routeRef 1Length 140 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route224 m

Named routeLength 224 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route418 m

Named routeRef 1Length 418 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,481 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,481 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2024

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummer

2026

Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Syrphus · Migrant Hawker +23

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Empis lividaEmpis livida2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,481 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

springsummerwinter

2026

Woodpigeon · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw +50

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
SwiftApus apus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
CootFulica atra2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Fox

Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summerautumn

2024

Common Frog · Great Crested Newt

Common FrogRana temporaria
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummer

2026

Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Syrphus · Migrant Hawker +23

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2024
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum2024
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Empis lividaEmpis livida2025
Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2025
Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans2025
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2023
Rose ChaferCetonia aurata2023
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Stephen Richards · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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