Cole Wood - Broadleaved woodland
✦ Ancient woodland1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.39719, 0.44287
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
1066 Harold's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Purple Circular WalkWalking route▾
Red Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Medway Valley WalkWalking route45 km▾
Named routeLength 45 kmRegional walking route
Strood Community TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
128 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heron TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 179National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 17Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 17National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177 (Proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 177Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 177National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route132 m▾
Named routeRef 177Length 132 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface concrete
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Wildlife to spot
20,684 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,684 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Green Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat · Fallow Deer +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Earwig · Tawny Cockroach +40
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,684 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Robin · Green Woodpecker · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
🦌Mammals6 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Bat · Fallow Deer +1
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Fallow DeerDama dama2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
🐝Insects45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Dock Bug · Green Shieldbug · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Common Earwig · Tawny Cockroach +40
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.
- Tawny CockroachEctobius pallidus
- Harlequin Ladybird
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Field Vole
Field Vole
Microtus agrestis2025
Microtus agrestis2025
Harmonia axyridis
Harmonia axyridis
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