Cooper's Wood - Broadleaved woodland ✦ Ancient woodland 10 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🐶 Dogs🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 10 ha
Places › England › South East › Tonbridge and Malling Getting here
51.32011, 0.28806
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 85m away — 6 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 85m away — 6 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitatDeciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
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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
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Oftord to Canterbury Cathedral Walking route ▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map North Downs Way (Eastern) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map Wealdway Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ightham Mote Circular Walk to Oldbury Hill, Ightham Mote Walking route 8.8 km ▾
Enjoy this scenic circular walk from Ightham Mote to Oldbury Hill, which offers fine views across the Kentish countryside while passing through an area of mixed woodland as well as fish ponds and an old quarry, possibly dating to the Roman period.
Named route Length 8.8 km Duration 03:00 Round trip Local walking route
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✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
3,572 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,572 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Skylark · Chiffchaff · Stock Dove · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +45
Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Stock Dove Columba oenas Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis Swallow Hirundo rustica Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Swift Apus apus2021 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2021 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Blackbird Turdus merula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Magpie Pica pica2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Linnet Linaria cannabina2021 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2021 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe House Sparrow Passer domesticus Siskin Spinus spinus2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2021 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Coal Tit Periparus ater2021 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2021 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Raven Corvus corax2020 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum2020 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2020 Badger · Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +2
Badger Meles meles2020 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2020 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 Stoat Mustela erminea2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Ledra aurita · Oak Bush-cricket · Vine Weevil · Dark Bush-cricket +4
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Ledra aurita Ledra aurita2024 Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2024 Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2023 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,572 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 50 species
winter spring
2024 ▾
Skylark · Chiffchaff · Stock Dove · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +45
Skylark Alauda arvensis2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2022 Stock Dove Columba oenas Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2022 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2023 Whitethroat Curruca communis Swallow Hirundo rustica Nuthatch Sitta europaea Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2022 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2022 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2023 Rook Corvus frugilegus2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Swift Apus apus2021 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2021 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 Blackbird Turdus merula Greenfinch Chloris chloris Magpie Pica pica2022 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2021 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2021 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Linnet Linaria cannabina2021 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2021 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2021 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2021 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe House Sparrow Passer domesticus Siskin Spinus spinus2022 Robin Erithacus rubecula2021 Dunnock Prunella modularis2021 Great Tit Parus major2021 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2021 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2021 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2021 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2021 Coal Tit Periparus ater2021 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2021 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2021 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2020 Raven Corvus corax2020 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum2020 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2020 Badger · Rabbit · Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +2
Badger Meles meles2020 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2020 Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis2020 Stoat Mustela erminea2020 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
summer
2023 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Ledra aurita · Oak Bush-cricket · Vine Weevil · Dark Bush-cricket +4
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Ledra aurita Ledra aurita2024 Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum2024 Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus2023 Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2020
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2020 2023
2023
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus2021
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus2021
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021
Box Tree Moth Cydalima perspectalis2021
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2020
Cabbage Bug Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2020
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2020
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus2020 