The Grove - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.27455, 1.05203
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
- 🅿️Parking 307m away — 6 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 307m away — 6 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
Named hiking route nearby: North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)
Free
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 18
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Red TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Black TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Elham Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 40kmRegional walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Via Francigena - 01 part Great BritainWalking route▾
Named routeRef VFInternational walking route
194 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
NCN Regional Route 17 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17Regional cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Great Stour WayCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Pilgrims Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Well graffitied underpass taking the Stour Valley Walk under the A2
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Wildlife to spot
15,970 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,970 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +39
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Rat +3
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field Vole
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,970 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie · Black-headed Gull +39
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
🦌Mammals8 species
winterspring
2026▾
Red Fox · Badger · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Brown Rat +3
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Field Vole
7-spot Ladybird · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Scathophaga stercoraria · Eristalis pertinax +7
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Capillary Thread-moss
- Capillary Thread-mossBryum capillare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Microtus agrestis
Microtus agrestis
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHarlequin Ladybird
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumHairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarumBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorHawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025Rhamphus oxyacanthaeRhamphus oxyacanthae2025