Bullockstone Hill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
51.35492, 1.12128
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 267m 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 267m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝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 · 15 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
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
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
N/ACycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 15Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
Main RouteCycling route775 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 775 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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16,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
16,454 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Starling · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon +21
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · House Mouse · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- House MouseMus musculus
- 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 · Firebug · Syrphus torvus +12
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,454 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Starling · Herring Gull · Rock Dove · Woodpigeon +21
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🦌Mammals4 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · House Mouse · Hedgehog
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- House MouseMus musculus
- 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 · Firebug · Syrphus torvus +12
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- EupeodesEupeodes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025