Bowles Wood
✦ Ancient woodland18 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
51.15621, 0.30828
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Wren +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Peacock +203 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Juniper Haircap · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Speldhurst Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tunbridge Wells Circular Walk (Groombridge Link)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Eden Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route
61 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route49 m▾
Named routeRef 12Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
21,134 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,134 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Pheasant · Wren +29
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great TitParus major
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Badger · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects74 species
springautumn
2026▾
Abax parallelepipedus · Green Shieldbug · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Common Green Capsid +69
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,134 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds34 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Magpie · Robin · Blackbird · Pheasant · Wren +29
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great TitParus major
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Badger · Red Fox · Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle
- BadgerMeles meles
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects74 species
springautumn
2026▾
Abax parallelepipedus · Green Shieldbug · Red Admiral · Meadow Brown · Common Green Capsid +69
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2025
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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