Grove Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.36665, 0.55694
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby · 1 public path 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
183 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▾
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Wildlife to spot
35,060 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,060 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Wren +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox · Domestic Dog · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Newt
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Batman Hoverfly · Firebug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Bryony Ladybird +7
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,060 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Magpie · Wren +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
🦌Mammals6 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Fox · Domestic Dog · Brown Rat +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Domestic DogCanis lupus subsp. familiaris2025
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2025
Slow-worm
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Newt
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Batman Hoverfly · Firebug · Southern Green Shieldbug · Glow-worm · Bryony Ladybird +7
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula2025
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2025
- Bryony LadybirdHenosepilachna argus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lesser Stag Beetle
Lesser Stag Beetle
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Dorcus parallelipipedus2025
Leptopterna ferrugataLeptopterna ferrugata2025Leptopterna ferrugataLeptopterna ferrugata2025Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus2025Cryptocephalus bipunctatusCryptocephalus bipunctatus2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Chrysolina oricalciaChrysolina oricalcia2025Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2025Tree HopperCentrotus cornutus2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Events & activities nearby
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