Dunning Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.25922, 1.00174
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 128m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 128m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 16 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
115 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 18Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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Ashford Road (A28) towards Canterbury
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Wildlife to spot
53,906 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
53,906 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · House Sparrow · Starling · Blackbird +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Badger · Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- SquirrelSciurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Glow-worm · Locust Blowfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Banded Demoiselle · Swollen-thighed Beetle +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,906 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · House Sparrow · Starling · Blackbird +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Rabbit · Badger · Squirrel
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
- SquirrelSciurus
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Glow-worm · Locust Blowfly · Hornet Hoverfly · Banded Demoiselle · Swollen-thighed Beetle +3
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Locust BlowflyStomorhina lunata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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