The Alders - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.42035, 0.24156
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 12 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: 1066 Harold's Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 33 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
Cray RiverwayWalking route16 km▾
Named routeLength 16 kmLocal walking route
127 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
NCN National Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 125Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 125Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network
LCNCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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17,499 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
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- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
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- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
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- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Grey Squirrel
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Palmate Newt
- Palmate NewtLissotriton helveticus
White-legged Damselfly · Southern Green Shieldbug · Rambur's Pied Shieldbug · Brown Hawker · Blue-tailed Damselfly +4
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- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
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winterspring
2026▾
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- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
Grey Squirrel
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Palmate Newt
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- Southern Green ShieldbugNezara viridula
- Rambur's Pied ShieldbugTritomegas sexmaculatus
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Harlequin Ladybird
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springsummer
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- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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