Bishop's Hoath Wood - Broadleaved woodland
12 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome12 ha
Getting here
51.36409, 0.52823
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 435m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 435m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
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
177 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
20,766 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,766 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Nightingale · Peregrine · Mediterranean Gull · Hobby · Woodpigeon +40
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌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
🐝Insects38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Batman Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +33
- 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
20,766 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Nightingale · Peregrine · Mediterranean Gull · Hobby · Woodpigeon +40
- NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- RavenCorvus corax
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
🦌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
🐝Insects38 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Azure Damselfly · Batman Hoverfly · Harlequin Ladybird · Firebug +33
- 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
