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Barriers Wood

✦ Ancient woodland9 ha

📷 Oast House Archive · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

51.29308, 0.69674

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Amanita citrina, Ochre Brittlegill, Lilac Bonnet +76 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Amanita citrina, Ochre Brittlegill, Lilac Bonnet +76 more · last seen 2024

Varies

Insect spotting

Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Great Tit, Mediterranean Gull, Blue Tit +35 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Great Tit, Mediterranean Gull, Blue Tit +35 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Fungi — Penny Bun, Horse Mushroom, Wood Blewits +9 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Augustine CaminoWalking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route

follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees

Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Section 7Walking route13.6 km
Named routeRef SGT7Length 13.6 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
North Downs Way Link PathWalking route
Named route
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Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 17Cycling route
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route321 m
Named routeRef 17Length 321 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route5 m
Named routeRef 17Length 5 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km
Named routeRef 17Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km
Named routeRef 17Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track through High Wood

📷 Oast House Archive · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track through High Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Borden Village parkUrban park4.7 km→🌱Gore WoodUrban park3.5 km→🌱Rose Walk ParkUrban park4.8 km→✦Hollingbourne Second World War Zero StationHistoric site3.3 km→🌱Rodmersham Squash ClubUrban park4.1 km→🌱St Catherine's ChurchUrban park4.4 km→

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