Victory Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.31256, 0.99750
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: NCN National Route 183
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitstable to IwadeWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
110 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Photos
A woodland path within Victory Wood
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Wildlife to spot
9,183 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,183 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Chiffchaff +34
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Slow-worm
Ampedus balteatus · Pterostichus melanarius · Speckled Bush-cricket · Variimorda villosa · Parent Bug +4
- Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus
- Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis
- Dock Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,183 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Chiffchaff +34
- MagpiePica pica2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2026▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Slow-worm
Ampedus balteatus · Pterostichus melanarius · Speckled Bush-cricket · Variimorda villosa · Parent Bug +4
- Ampedus balteatusAmpedus balteatus
- Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Variimorda villosaVariimorda villosa
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- Ditropis pteridisDitropis pteridis
- Dock Bug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coreus marginatus
Coreus marginatus
Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensVolucella pellucensCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida