Grove Wood - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🛝Family🎠Play🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
51.36031, 0.55814
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Focus — 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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Cafe Focus — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 5 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
185 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National 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
Alternative RouteCycling route▾
Main RouteCycling route214 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 214 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Capstone Mountain bike trailMountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
36,824 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
36,824 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Domestic Dog · Red Fox · Badger +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Firebug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug +9
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
36,824 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
🦌Mammals7 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Domestic Dog · Red Fox · Badger +2
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BadgerMeles meles2025
Firebug · Red-legged Shieldbug · Hairy Shieldbug · Batman Hoverfly · Southern Green Shieldbug +9
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Eriothrix rufomaculataEriothrix rufomaculata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Vernal ShieldbugPeribalus strictus2025Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2025UroleuconUroleucon2025UroleuconUroleucon2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Pill BeetleByrrhus pilula2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus2025Events & activities nearby
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