Brotherhood Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.29381, 1.06839
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mungos — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Mungos — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 21 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
University Roadpublic footpath · 417 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 417 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
Eliot Hillpublic footpath · 444 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 444 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway
University Roadpublic footpath · 39 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 39 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified
200 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
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
18,978 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,978 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Magpie +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,978 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Robin · Song Thrush · Magpie +8
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit · Brown Rat · Red Fox +5
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Mountain HareLepus timidus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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