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Whitefield Wood - Woodland plantation

✦ Ancient woodland2 ha

📷 Christopher Hilton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeSeasonalBirds
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

51.17363, -0.39954

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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
  • 🌿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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Bird watching

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

18 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Shere Parish Millennium TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Leith Hill Rhododendron Wood Walk, Leith HillWalking route800 m

A gentle walk through Rhododendron Wood; Created in 1800s by Caroline Wedgwood (botanist & Charles Darwin's sister) before being given to the NT in 1944. The wood suffered damage during the Great Storm (1987), so restoration work has shaped the area.

Named routeLength 800 mDuration 00:30Round tripLocal walking route
The Fox WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Tillingbourne at work (long) (SCC)Walking route
Named routeRef TAWLocal walking route
Greensand WayWalking route
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
🚴

Cycling

26 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Surrey CyclewayCycling route

Leigh Hill link

Named routeRegional cycle route
Wookies HoleCycling route
Named route
A24 Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Im Still StandingCycling route
Named route
RegurgitatorCycling route
Named route
Holmwood Common_Circular TrailCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
🚵

Mountain biking

43 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Son of CocoMountain bike route
Named routeFriends of hurtwood
SquirrellyMountain bike route
Named route
DeleriumMountain bike route
Named route
Upper Treaders TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Lower Treaders TrailMountain bike route
Named route
Secret GardenMountain bike route
Named route
🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths
Horsham Road to Leith Hill Roadbridleway · 531 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 531 mPath type: bridleway
Horsham Road to Leith Hill Road (BW45)bridleway · 830 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 830 mPath type: bridleway
Horsham Road to Leith Hill Roadbridleway · 10 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 10 mPath type: bridleway
Horsham Road to Leith Hill Roadbridleway · 264 m
Public pathbridlewayLength 264 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Looking west along the hills, at Tanhurst

📷 Christopher Hilton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Looking west along the hills, at Tanhurst

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile RoadHistoric site1.5 km→✦Holmbury CampHistoric site1.5 km→✦Large univallate hillfort at FeldayHistoric site2.2 km→🌱The Church GreenUrban park3.1 km→🌱The Church GreenUrban park3.2 km→✦Motte castle at Abinger Manor.Historic site3.2 km→

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