Coombe Wood - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.33228, 1.00442
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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
106 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Crab & Winkle Way extensionCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 183Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 183National Cycle Network
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
15,667 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,667 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wren · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Blackcap · Woodpigeon +49
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2026▾
Ruddy Darter · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · Liophloeus tessulatus · Marmalade Hoverfly +10
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,667 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds54 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Wren · Carrion Crow · Goldfinch · Blackcap · Woodpigeon +49
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Red Fox · Badger
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects15 species
springsummer
2026▾
Ruddy Darter · Eristalis tenax · Syrphus ribesii · Liophloeus tessulatus · Marmalade Hoverfly +10
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii
- Liophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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