Kemsdale Wood - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.30976, 0.94922
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
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 183
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Canterbury loop)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Two Creeks Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
48 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route48 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 48 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route346 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 346 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route742 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 742 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route80 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 80 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Kemsdale Road, Staplestreet
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Wildlife to spot
11,116 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Goldfinch +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects53 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Eriothrix rufomaculata · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle +48
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,116 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Goldfinch +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Badger · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Rabbit
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects53 species
springsummer
2026▾
Hairy Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Eriothrix rufomaculata · 7-spot Ladybird · Stag Beetle +48
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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