Enjoy your visit
You can download and print our map of the woods or just have it on your phone to guide you.
Before you visit, learn about the history of Holders Woods and Brockley Grove.
Discover a range of engaging, nature-inspired activities to help children explore, learn about, and connect with the woods.
What to look out for
Month by month
January
Snowdrops, new buds and bulbs just showing.
April
Wild garlic, wood anemone flowers, several different kinds of bluebell, bats at dusk.
July
Elder flowers, meadow flowers and grasses. Blackberries swelling, cherries ripening.
October
Fungi big and small.
February
Catkins, frogspawn, aconites.
May
May blossom and candle like flowers on the horse chestnuts.
August
Acorns and conkers on the trees. Bracket fungi on rotting trees
November
Squirrels hiding nuts for the winter.
March
Daffodils, birds visiting the bird boxes, pussy willow buds, woodpecker drumming.
June
Buttercups on the edge of the field, elder flowers, meadow flowers and grasses. Berries developing.
September
Sloes, elderberries, blackberries, bats at dusk.
December
Holly berries.
Activities for children
Build a den in the den building area
Can you draw the troll that may live under the bridge toward the meadow
Lift up a small fallen log or branch. Are there any creepy crawlies underneath?
Climb a tree. There are good ones on the path toward the meadow
Play I Spy with your friends and family
There are 10 bird boxes in the trees along the main paths. Can you find them all?
Listen for the birds - the Parakeets are especially noisy. You can get an app to help identify bird calls, try Chirpomatic or Merlin.
There are 3 ponds. Take great care near the three ponds. We call them Mummy Bear, Daddy Bear and Baby Bear ponds or the Long pond, Herr Ron’s pond (because the heron is often there!) and the Little pond. What would you call the ponds?
How many trees can you name. Can you find these: holly, beech, oak, hazel, willow?
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