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Hospital Hill Wood - Woodland plantation

1 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Chigwell Golf Club 230m away — 6 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
🅿️Chigwell Golf Club 230m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

5 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

12 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Public Right of Way 74Walking route

Named routeRef 74Local walking route

Epping Forest Big WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

London LOOP (Section 19)Walking route

Named routeRef LOOPRegional walking route

Beech TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Forest WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

LCN 12Cycling route

Named routeRef 12Local cycle route

Roding Valley WayCycling route

Named routeRef RVWPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

Seven Kings GreenwayCycling route

Named routeRef 7KGLocal cycle route

Cycleway 25Cycling route

Named routeRef C25Regional cycle route

Cycleway 16Cycling route

Link from Cycleway 16 to Barkingside station

Named routeRef C16Regional cycle route

LCNCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

4 public paths nearby

Public paths

Luxborough Lanebridleway · 71 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 71 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Luxborough Lanebridleway · 618 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 618 mPath type: unclassified

Luxborough Lanebridleway · 231 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 231 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Luxborough Lanebridleway · 83 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 83 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

33,790 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

33,790 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Starling · Robin · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Carrion Crow +42

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

33,790 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds47 species

winter

2026

Starling · Robin · Greylag Goose · Mallard · Carrion Crow +42

StarlingSturnus vulgaris
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
CootFulica atra2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great TitParus major2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 N Chadwick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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