Coalpit Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.28000, 0.40134
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
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 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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Woodland by the A228, West Malling
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Wildlife to spot
23,808 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,808 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Great Tit +40
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Rabbit · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small White · Meadow Brown · Stag Beetle · Brimstone · 16-spot Ladybird +25
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Speckled Wood
Springy Turf-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss +1
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,808 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Great Tit +40
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwiftApus apus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Rabbit · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Common Pipistrelle
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Slow-worm · Grass Snake
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Small White · Meadow Brown · Stag Beetle · Brimstone · 16-spot Ladybird +25
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
- Speckled Wood
Springy Turf-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Anomalous Bristle-moss · Common Feather-moss · Silky Wall Feather-moss +1
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
- Anomalous Bristle-mossOrthotrichum anomalum
- Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga
- Silky Wall Feather-mossHomalothecium sericeum
- Intermediate Screw-mossSyntrichia montana
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pararge aegeria2024
Pararge aegeria2024
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaSouthern Green ShieldbugNezara viridulaPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaSpeckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissimaHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumMecinus pascuorumRhyzobiusRhyzobiusRhyzobiusRhyzobiusPogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidusPogonocherus hispidusGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataFigwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Figwort SawflyTenthredo scrophulariae2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024