Lords Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.33205, 0.54730
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 111m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 111m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
KCC Centenary WalkWalking route▾
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
95 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
(A2)<>(NCN1)Cycling route▾
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 12 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12Regional cycle route
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
8,821 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,821 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BuzzardButeo buteo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole · Red Fox +3
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Malachite Beetle · Abax parallelepipedus · Speckled Bush-cricket · Violet Ground Beetle +8
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,821 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit +39
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BuzzardButeo buteo2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
🦌Mammals8 species
springautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Mole · Red Fox +3
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Swollen-thighed Beetle · Malachite Beetle · Abax parallelepipedus · Speckled Bush-cricket · Violet Ground Beetle +8
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2024
- Malachite BeetleMalachius bipustulatus2024
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2024Tiger CraneflyNephrotoma flavescens2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2024Events & activities nearby
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