Belts Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.24067, 0.58682
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 3Walking route8.8 km▾
Named routeRef SGT3Length 8.8 kmLocal walking route
Scenic Green Trail Stage 4Walking route12 km▾
Named routeRef SGT4Length 12 kmLocal 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
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 19 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 19Regional cycle route
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 17Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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3,091 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,091 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Wren · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Hornet Hoverfly · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Cabbage Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +15
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,091 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Wren · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +35
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Hedgehog · Badger · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2024
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Hornet Hoverfly · Kite-tailed Robberfly · Cabbage Bug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +15
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Kite-tailed RobberflyMachimus atricapillus
- Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Violet Ground Beetle
Violet Ground Beetle
Carabus violaceus2024
Carabus violaceus2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2024Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2023Acorn WeevilCurculio glandium2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2023Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisThecabius (Thecabius) affinis2023Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisThecabius (Thecabius) affinis2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023Poecilobothrus nobilitatusPoecilobothrus nobilitatus2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023Hairy-footed Flower BeeAnthophora plumipes2023Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023