Mocketts Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.34932, 1.42265
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 156m 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 156m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️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 km8 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Stour Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeListed length 82.9 kmRegional walking route
Turner & Dickens WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRef T&DLocal walking route
Pegwell Bay Country Park Long Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Pegwell Bay Country Park Short Nature TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Stonelees TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Grange Waypublic footpath · 183 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 183 mPath type: residential
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN Regional Route 15 (Kent)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route170 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route131 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 131 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route112 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 112 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route92 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 92 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route292 m▾
Named routeRef 15Length 292 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
Ramsgate Roadbridleway · 287 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 287 mSurface asphaltPath type: primary
Ramsgate Roadbridleway · 17 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 17 mSurface asphaltPath type: primary
Photos
Bridleway and footpath junction near Dumpton
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Wildlife to spot
34,267 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,267 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove +32
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Bats
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Lucerne Bug +14
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,267 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove +32
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Pallas's WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Bats
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- BatsVespertilionidae2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Lucerne Bug +14
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Lucerne BugAdelphocoris lineolatus
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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