Gallows Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35102, 0.27521
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oftord to Canterbury CathedralWalking route▾
follows North Downs Way from Otford to Broughton Lees
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
North Downs Way (Eastern)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
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Wildlife to spot
2,223 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,223 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +17
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Small Mouse +5
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Small MouseMuridae
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Peacock · Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +23
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,223 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Robin · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw +17
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2020
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2020
- JayGarrulus glandarius2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Common GullLarus canus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2020
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2019
🦌Mammals10 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Hazel Dormouse · Hedgehog · Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Small Mouse +5
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Small MouseMuridae
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2020▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Glow-worm · Peacock · Small White · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +23
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2023Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2023RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024House MouseMus musculus2023House MouseMus musculus2023Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaJersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctariaVolucella inflataVolucella inflata2024Volucella inflataVolucella inflata2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20247-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2024Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023Common Rose FusehornArge pagana2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2023Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021Dock BugCoreus marginatus2021HornetVespa crabro2020HornetVespa crabro2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019