Hospital Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.29012, 0.99537
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
- 🚻Toilets 98m from the site — useful for longer visits or those with young children
🌤️ 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
- 🚻Toilets 98m from the site — useful for longer visits or those with young children
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public 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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
toilets
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 5 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
86 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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Wildlife to spot
10,717 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,717 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Western Honey Bee · Ampedus balteatus · Suillia atricornis · Glow-worm · Liocoris tripustulatus +3
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus
- Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dock Bug
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,717 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
🦌Mammals6 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Badger · Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer · Rabbit +1
- BadgerMeles meles
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Western Honey Bee · Ampedus balteatus · Suillia atricornis · Glow-worm · Liocoris tripustulatus +3
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus
- Suillia atricornisSuillia atricornis
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Dock Bug
Bank Haircap
- Bank HaircapPolytrichum formosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mole
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Coreus marginatus
Coreus marginatus
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