Dargets Wood - Broadleaved woodland
10 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome10 ha
Getting here
51.34078, 0.52215
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
- ☕363 Coffee Shop — 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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕363 Coffee Shop — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £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
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
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
King Charles III England Coast Path: Iwade to GrainWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Rochester Riverside WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
102 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
Gillingham<>Rainham Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route125 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface blocks
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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