Short birdwatching visit · London Wildlife Trust
Ten Acre Wood and Meadows
- Tier
- Local green space
- Best season
- Bird seasons are not specified in the operator’s species list
- Headline birds
- Kingfisher
- Parking
- Parking is available in Charville Lane.
- Hides
- Not stated by the operator
- Step-free
- Motorcycle barriers make this reserve inaccessible to wheelchair users.
Charville Lane and Yeading Brook, Hillingdon
Ten Acre Wood and Meadows brings woodland birdwatching and a look along Yeading Brook into the same Hillingdon visit. Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch are among the birds named by the Trust. The oak plantation and hazel coppice provide a different setting from the adjacent open meadow, while the river can be watched without entering its banks. Begin at Charville Lane or follow the established connection from Gutteridge Wood, allowing time to stop at the woodland edge rather than treating the linked reserves as a race.
Birds and seasons
- Kingfisher · Headline bird — Season not stated Source for Kingfisher
- Great Spotted Woodpecker — Season not stated Source for Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Nuthatch — Season not stated Source for Nuthatch
Plan your visit
- Hides and viewpoints
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Paths
- Enter from Charville Lane or through Gutteridge Wood; paths cross slopes at the flood-control bund.
- Toilets
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Parking
- Parking is available in Charville Lane.
- Dogs
- Not stated by the operator – check before travelling
- Access notes
- Motorcycle barriers make this reserve inaccessible to wheelchair users.
- Step-free access
- Motorcycle barriers make this reserve inaccessible to wheelchair users.
Getting there: The U7 stops in Charville Lane and the 90 stops in Kingshill Avenue. Hillingdon station is another approach via Gutteridge Wood; check the complete walking connection. Keep clear of grazing cattle and use the named public entrance rather than an unsignposted riverbank shortcut.
Sources
Social preview: original typographic artwork by Does Your Duck Quack.
Nearby special trips
- Chobham Common · 14.2 straight-line miles
- Wisley and Ockham Commons and Chatley Heath · 15.5 straight-line miles
- Bookham Commons · 17.6 straight-line miles
Continue birding nearby
Nearest full guide: WWT London Wetland Centre, 9.0 miles away in a straight line.
- Gutteridge Wood and Meadows · 0.8 miles in a straight line
- Frays Farm Meadows · 3.0 miles in a straight line
- Stocker’s Lake Nature Reserve · 6.8 miles in a straight line