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Tylers Wood

(Average user rating4 unrated 4/5)
 

A small grassland hilltop and valley side sloping down to a bridleway connecting across the M25 to the north and abutting Tylers Common to the west. Surprisingly, with its long history as arable land, Tylers Wood has never been part of this adjacent common. From the top the views are excellent. At the picnic spot you can see right across the Docklands to the City of London, with its distinctive ‘gherkin’ and on into the West End and the London Eye. All makes for a pleasant site for sitting and contemplating, or for taking a gentle stroll with your dog around this lightly wooded hillside. Relax and enjoy the views. With links direct to Tylers Common and a bridleway bridge across the M25, Tylers Wood is an important part of the Thames Chase jigsaw.

To download a map of Tylers Wood please click here.

How to get there:

Tylers Wood is in Thames Chase Community Forest.
From Harold Wood drive along Warley Road towards Great Warley. The car park is on the left just before the bridge across the M25.
Upminster is the nearest town or village.
OS Grid Reference: TQ574 905
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info
Postcode RM14 1TR (for satnav purposes)

Other places to go in Thames Chase Community Forest

User Comments

4 Stars 4 Stars

I think it should have a play area, and toilets

James Stewart, 28/Dec/2010
3 Stars 3 Stars

I have been to Tylers Wood, but not Tylers Common. Tylers Wood is a nice place, with nice surroundings, and a nice atmosphere, and nice attractions, but the trouble is it's right next to the M25, which spoils it a bit. I still think Tylers Common and Tylers Wood should provide more facilities. Toilets, a Play Area, possibly a Picninc Area, and more seating. I do like Tylers Wood for another reason, it leads you into a beautiful countryside.

James Stewart, 27/Dec/2010
5 Stars 5 Stars

It's a convenient lunch time haunt with a small car park which always seems to have one more space. I was walking along the path today and I cam across an Adder on the pathway.

Tim, 24/Apr/2009

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Tylers wood with docklands skyline

Facilities and Activities

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The Woodland is a wonderful place to walk your dog – please show your respect for this special area by cleaning up after your dog. Dog Waste, if wrapped in plastic, can be put into the dog bins in car parks, or with household waste.

Contact:

Thame Chase Ranger

What's of interest

Some of the woods you see to the north of the site have an unusual name – ‘Shaw’. Several other local woods have this name too. It’s an archaic term that can be traced back to Saxon times and remained in use until the late nineteenth century. Shaw then denoted a small wood, thicket, copse or grove.