Curtis Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35092, 1.13155
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🛝Playground 216m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ 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
- 🛝Playground 216m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
Augustine CaminoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wantsum WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
39 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1 Dover to CanterburyCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route19 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 19 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
N/ACycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
N/ACycling route295 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 295 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
28,892 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
28,892 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · House Mouse · Hazel Dormouse +3
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- House MouseMus musculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BatChiroptera
Adder
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +18
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,892 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Wren · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit +28
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🦌Mammals8 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · House Mouse · Hazel Dormouse +3
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- House MouseMus musculus
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius2025
- BatChiroptera
Adder
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Eupeodes +18
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025MoleTalpa europaea2025MoleTalpa europaea2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusFirebugPyrrhocoris apterusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Cow Wheat ShieldbugAdomerus biguttatus2025Cow Wheat ShieldbugAdomerus biguttatus2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025