Strawberry Wood
✦ Ancient woodland13 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.21979, 1.28804
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackcap
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦37+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackcap
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
11 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Blackbird +34 more · last seen 2025; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Robin, Blackcap, Blackbird +34 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Dogs allowed — public woodland
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Large White, Migrant Hawker +39 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Miner's Way TrailWalking route43.5 km▾
Named routeLength 43.5 kmRound tripRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Dane Courtpublic footpath · 30 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 30 mPath type: service
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 16Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 16Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena - part United KingdomCycling route▾
Named routeRef EV5International cycle route
Skylark TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route262 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 262 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route73 m▾
Named routeRef 16Length 73 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
North Court Lanebridleway · 17 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 17 mPath type: unclassified
North Court Lanebridleway · 419 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 419 mPath type: unclassified
Thorn Alleybridleway · 471 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 471 mSurface groundPath type: bridleway
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
View through Garden Wood to Dane Court
Photos
View through Garden Wood to Dane Court
✦ Ancient✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
11,535 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,535 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025Robin · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Brown Hare · Bank Vole
🐝Insects42 species
springsummerautumn
2025Common Darter · Large White · Migrant Hawker · Small White · Meadow Brown
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,535 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds37 species
springsummer
2025Robin · Blackcap · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
🦌Mammals5 species
springsummer
2025Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Brown Hare · Bank Vole
🐝Insects42 species
springsummerautumn
2025Common Darter · Large White · Migrant Hawker · Small White · Meadow Brown
+37 more speciesHide species list
All 42 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2024
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCommon BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisBuff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestrisMarbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024HornetVespa crabroHornetVespa crabroWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWestern Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisWallLasiommata megera2024WallLasiommata megera2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Rose ChaferCetonia aurataRose ChaferCetonia aurataCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyamiDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusRed-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidariusSmall HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024St Marks FlyBibio marci2024St Marks FlyBibio marci20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024House-flyMusca domestica2024House-flyMusca domestica2024Events & activities nearby
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