Flite Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland3 ha
🎠Play🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.27143, 0.39687
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 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 Section 1Walking route6.4 km▾
Named routeRef SGT1Length 6.4 kmLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Greensand WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef GWRegional walking route
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 178Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 178National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
19,455 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,455 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWaxwing · House Sparrow · Magpie · Robin · Starling +24
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · 16-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Speckled Bush-cricket +6
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Helophilus pendulus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,455 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWaxwing · House Sparrow · Magpie · Robin · Starling +24
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Rabbit · Common Pipistrelle · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2023
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Glow-worm · 16-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Speckled Bush-cricket +6
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Helophilus pendulus
Springy Turf-moss
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus
Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusRhyzobiusRhyzobiusRhyzobiusRhyzobius7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024PipizellaPipizella2023PipizellaPipizella2023Events & activities nearby
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