Whiddet's Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.35448, 1.10742
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 193m away — 8 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 193m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saxon Shore WayWalking route262 km▾
Named routeLength 262 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Ramsgate to WhitstableWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Wantsum WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Chestfield WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Canterbury Outer Ring WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
50 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Crab & Winkle WayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Crab & Winkle WayCycling 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
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Wildlife to spot
17,150 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,150 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Starling · Robin · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +43
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,150 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
House Sparrow · Starling · Robin · Herring Gull · Woodpigeon +43
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- SanderlingCalidris alba2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Epistrophe eligans · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Eristalis pertinax +11
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- EupeodesEupeodes
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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