Rhode Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland0 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
51.26203, 0.71801
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
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 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
Photos
Footpath follows farm track to Wrinstead Wood
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Wildlife to spot
6,897 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,897 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Dunnock · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Great Tit +22
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Peacock +10
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- PeacockAglais io
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,897 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Yellowhammer · Dunnock · Pheasant · Jackdaw · Great Tit +22
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Red Fox · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Large White · Peacock +10
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- PeacockAglais io
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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