Horton Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland29 ha
Plan your visit
🍂Seasonal🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome29 ha
Getting here
51.38240, 0.26991
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route437 m▾
Named routeRef 177Length 437 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Named routeRef 177Length 184 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route67 m▾
Named routeRef 177Length 67 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route483 m▾
Named routeRef 177Length 483 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route408 m▾
Named routeRef 177Length 408 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
1,782 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,782 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jay · Robin +41
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Great TitParus major2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2016
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2016
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2016
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2016
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2016
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
Hedgehog · Myotis Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2020
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2020
- Noctule
Glow-worm · Broad-bodied Chaser · Stag Beetle · Brimstone · Meadow Brown +10
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,782 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Swallow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jay · Robin +41
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2022
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2021
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2022
- MagpiePica pica2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- SwiftApus apus2021
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2021
- Great TitParus major2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2021
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2016
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2021
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2021
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2021
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2021
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2018
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2016
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2016
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2016
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2016
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2016
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2016
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2016
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
Hedgehog · Myotis Bat species · Brown Long-eared Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +4
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis2020
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2020
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2020
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2020
- Noctule
Glow-worm · Broad-bodied Chaser · Stag Beetle · Brimstone · Meadow Brown +10
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2023
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2020
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2019
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
Bluebell
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Nyctalus noctula2020
Nyctalus noctula2020
Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusHazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanariusDaubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2020Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii2020Fallow DeerDama dama2018Fallow DeerDama dama2018Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Common BluePolyommatus icarus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2016Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2016Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019Large WhitePieris brassicae2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019