Winding Hill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.27088, 0.89672
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Photos
A choice of paths, Sheldwich
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Wildlife to spot
6,917 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,917 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Robin · Wren · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dotted Bee-fly · Batman Hoverfly · Face Fly · Agapanthia cardui +19
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Agapanthia carduiAgapanthia cardui2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,917 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Robin · Wren · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +35
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Badger
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Dotted Bee-fly · Batman Hoverfly · Face Fly · Agapanthia cardui +19
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Dotted Bee-flyBombylius discolor
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
- Face FlyMusca autumnalis2025
- Agapanthia carduiAgapanthia cardui2024
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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