Snodhurst Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.36002, 0.51978
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
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
183 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
NCN National Route 177Cycling 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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
16,567 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,567 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Nightingale · Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Hobby +36
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wood Mouse · Brown Rat
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Batman Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +31
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,567 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Nightingale · Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Mediterranean Gull · Hobby +36
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Wood Mouse · Brown Rat
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Slow-worm · Common Lizard
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects36 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Batman Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +31
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- SyrphusSyrphus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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