Boysden Shaw - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.40476, 0.44017
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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km19 signed routes nearby · 2 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
136 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
25,824 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
25,824 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Bat · Field Vole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marble Gall · 7-spot Ladybird +22
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marble GallAndricus kollari
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
25,824 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +35
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Hazel Dormouse · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel · Bat · Field Vole
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- BatChiroptera2025
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Dock Bug · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Marble Gall · 7-spot Ladybird +22
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Marble GallAndricus kollari
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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