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Hainault Forest

Essex / Greater London · Woodland · ancient wood-pasture remnant, hornbeam and oak

Woodland Trust - Woodland Trust (Essex section) and Vision Redbridge (London section)
Never eat anything you cannot identify with 100% certainty.

This is a guide, not a substitute for expert identification. Foraging guides - including this one - can contain errors. If you are not completely certain of an identification, do not eat it. Cross-check against at least two independent sources, and when in doubt, consult a local foraging expert or an experienced forager in person before eating anything wild.

Hainault Forest is a surviving fragment, now around 135 hectares, of a much larger ancient forest largely cleared after 1851 - a loss of habitat that helped spark the movement to save nearby Epping Forest. It is managed jointly by the Woodland Trust and Vision Redbridge as Hainault Forest Country Park.

Soil: London Clay, neutral to acid, heavy

Dominant species: hornbeam, oak

Parking: Car park at the Hainault Forest Country Park visitor centre

What you might find here

Based on habitat type - always identify what you actually see, don't assume it matches this list.

Blackberry Hazelnut Hawthorn berries Sloe (Blackthorn)

Source: Wikipedia