The Wood Garden - Broadleaved woodland
15 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
51.25380, 0.62626
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Village Hall Parking 33m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Village Hall Parking 33m away — 10 car parks within reach, toilets nearby
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 33 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 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
20 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 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
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Wildlife to spot
7,867 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Jackdaw · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog +3
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,867 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Jackdaw · Coot · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose +46
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- White-winged Black TernChlidonias leucopterus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Badger · Hedgehog +3
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Red-legged Shieldbug · Hornet Hoverfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
Mole
Talpa europaea2025
Talpa europaea2025
Brown RatRattus norvegicusBrown RatRattus norvegicusWeaselMustela nivalis2025WeaselMustela nivalis2025