Grove Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.27418, 0.71345
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
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
🌲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
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
Main RouteCycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 17Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,789 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,789 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +20
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Peacock +12
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,789 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterspring
2026▾
Great Tit · Green Woodpecker · Blackbird · Jackdaw · Chaffinch +20
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- CootFulica atra2025
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
Gatekeeper · Small White · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Peacock +12
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- PeacockAglais io2024
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Ampedus sanguineusAmpedus sanguineusAmpedus sanguineusAmpedus sanguineusTwo-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellioTwo-spotted Carpet BeetleAttagenus pellioClouded YellowColias croceus2024Clouded YellowColias croceus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Events & activities nearby
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