The Alders - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.41031, 0.22500
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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Circular Walk from Darent Valley Path DWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
LOOP link to Crayford stationWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Southwark Cathedral to OtfordWalking route▾
part A of a route from Southwark Cathedral to Canterbury Cathedral
Named routeRegional walking route
Darent Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Shuttle RiverwayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
107 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 125Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 125Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 68ACycling route▾
Named routeRef 68ALocal cycle route
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Dartford Crossing Shuttle (North)Cycling route▾
Photos
Misty morning view down Church Road
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Wildlife to spot
23,827 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,827 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +40
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- CootFulica atra
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
White-legged Damselfly · Black Clock · Meliscaeva auricollis · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +7
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Brown Hawker
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
23,827 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Magpie · Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +40
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common GullLarus canus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- CootFulica atra
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
White-legged Damselfly · Black Clock · Meliscaeva auricollis · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug +7
- White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Brown Hawker
Giant Blackberry
- Giant BlackberryRubus armeniacus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegansBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataAdonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegataNephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifariaNephrotoma quadrifariaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta