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Woodland Way

25 ha

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome25 ha

Getting here

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 121m away — 20 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 121m away — 20 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +80 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +80 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Nalassus laevioctostriatus, 7-spot Ladybird +51 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Nalassus laevioctostriatus, 7-spot Ladybird +51 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

41 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Green Chain Walk section 1 linkWalking route

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Signposts link from Falconwood station to the Green Chain Walk

Named routeRef G-CRegional walking route

Capital Ring link to Falconwood stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Slade Green stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

214 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Ingreborne Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef 136National Cycle Network

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCN 58Cycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route (1)Cycling route

Named routeRef (1)Local cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Ingrebourne Hill Mountain Bike CourseMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

46,647 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

46,647 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds69 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +64

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

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Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

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Insects9 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Heather Weevil · Gorse Weevil +4

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Small Heather WeevilMicrelus ericae
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
Nut Leaf Weevil

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Plants2 species

winter

2026

Silver-moss · Common Feather-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

46,647 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

winter

2026

Robin · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Wren · Long-tailed Tit +64

RobinErithacus rubecula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
MagpiePica pica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great TitParus major2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
CootFulica atra2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspring

2026

Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects9 species

spring

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Heather Weevil · Gorse Weevil +4

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Small Heather WeevilMicrelus ericae
Gorse WeevilExapion ulicis
Trioza urticaeTrioza urticae
Nut Leaf Weevil

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Silver-moss · Common Feather-moss

Silver-mossBryum argenteum
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Des Blenkinsopp · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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