Grotto Wood - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.25154, 0.69014
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿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 km11 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
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
19 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
Main RouteCycling route477 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 477 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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 route130 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 130 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
3,586 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Dunnock · Linnet · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Firecrest +35
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
Hedgehog · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common Shrew
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Small White · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Common Blue · Red Admiral +7
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,586 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Dunnock · Linnet · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Firecrest +35
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- MagpiePica pica2022
- CootFulica atra2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2021
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2021
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2021
- Great TitParus major2021
- SwiftApus apus2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2022
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2021
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2021
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2021
- Troglodytes troglodytes indigenusTroglodytes troglodytes indigenus2021
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2020
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2020
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2020
Hedgehog · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common Shrew
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Small White · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Common Blue · Red Admiral +7
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Sorex araneus2021
Sorex araneus2021
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